Visitors to Kurobe Gorge, a popular tourist destination renowned for its stunning autumn foliage, can access a previously ...

GENEVA--A rare watch given to John Lennon by his wife Yoko Ono and which was stolen after his death does not belong to an ...

Japan's fleet of hybrid-helicopter military aircraft have been cleared to resume operations after being grounded following an ...

A private-sector panel highlighted various problems with Japan’s capital punishment system, including the possibility of ...

Despite the urging of a private-sector panel, the government will not establish a commission to examine the death penalty, ...

The Imperial Household Agency announced that Princess Yuriko, aunt of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, died on Nov. 15. She was 101.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to reaffirm the policy to advance the “strategic ...

Various groups within the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan are trying to strengthen their positions ...

Takuya Matsunaga’s emotional state had plunged to depths where he harbored thoughts of suicide and experienced graphic ...

The Hyogo gubernatorial election entered its final stage, with candidates stepping up their promotional activities on social ...

The CEO of U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia Corp. expressed high hopes for Japan’s role in the artificial intelligence ...

Japan has entered a new era of nuclear power generation, as the country's oldest reactor in operation surpassed 50 years of ...