The remains of three Ainu individuals, which had been held at the University of Edinburgh, have returned to Hokkaido from the ...

As more climbers have become stranded on Mt. Fuji when the mountain is closed to the public, the Yamanashi prefectural ...

The opposition parties are stepping up their criticisms against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba over his abrupt reversal ...

Only about 7% of the government’s stockpiled rice that was auctioned off in March had been made available for retail sales to ...

I want to enjoy a ridge walk!” That is what I was thinking when I headed to Mt. Kobo in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture. Legend ...

Officials from Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in April paid a visit to Milan Design Week, where they hope to start exhibiting ...

The government has proposed to the United States the creation of a framework of mutual authentication of automobile safety ...

Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., is set to become the chairman of the Automobile Business Association of Japan, a ...

While rice for sake production has long been traded at a higher price than table rice, the price of table rice is now higher ...

During the Pacific War, Reiji Kitajima was sent to Manila and other battlefronts in the south as an army fighter plane pilot.

Nissan Motor Co.’s envisaged plan to close two plants in Kanagawa Prefecture is casting shadows on the local communities.

With the increase in the number of foreign visitors and residents in Japan, a growing number of medical institutions have ...