The last remaining evacuation shelters set up in Ishikawa Prefecture last year are scheduled to close on April 13, signaling ...

A new documentary film that depicts the long campaigns waged by two Okinawa governors against the concentration of U.S.

Demand for lodgings in central Osaka is rising ahead of the Osaka Kansai Expo 2025, which opens on April 13. New hotels have ...

A satellite operated by multibillionaire Elon Mask’s SpaceX now allows smartphone subscribers in Japan to use short message ...

The education ministry on April 10 tasked an expert advisory panel to look into establishing a new teaching system that can ...

NARA—Of the six teenagers rushed to the hospital after being struck by lightning in a schoolyard during an evening soccer ...

Cherry blossom season is ending in Tokyo, with people enjoying one last opportunity to savor the fleeting beauty of the sakura in bloom.

Japan has seen a sharp rise in whooping cough cases with the number of patients recorded in the first three months of this year surpassing the entirety of those in 2024.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s pause in his “reciprocal tariffs” was the latest twist in a period of uncertainty for many ...

A preview of the Osaka Kansai Expo 2025 on April 9 days before its opening showed a number of contrasting exhibits that ...

I once listened to an Australian scholar, fluent in Japanese, speak passionately about the beauty of the word “sakura-fubuki” ...

When Donald Trump offered some financial advice Wednesday morning, stocks were wavering between gains and losses.