Eels bred in captivity will be sold in Japanese shops for the first time, in a move that could ease eventually pressure on ...

A hall linked to Buddhist saint Kukai on the island of Miyajima burned to the ground on Wednesday, local police and ...

If confirmed, the incident in the mountains of Okutama would mark Tokyo's first recorded fatal bear attack since at least ...

Following the incident, the Japanese Embassy in China sent out an email advising Japanese nationals in the country to ...

Tokonoma Garden' by garden designer Kazuyuki Ishihara was awarded the second-highest honor in the main Show Garden category ...

Officials say the likelihood of local transmission remains low, and no cases have been publicly confirmed in Asia.

With 10 wrestlers still alive in the title race after day 10, the Summer Basho remains wide open — even as injuries threaten ...

The quake's epicenter was off Okinawa's main island, striking at a depth of 50 kilometers at 11:46 a.m. There was no threat ...

The combined deposits in the capital and Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures stood at ¥523.1 trillion as of March 31 this ...

Fears of naphtha shortages and a smaller labor force mean those buying a new air conditioner may pay more than last year and ...

The indicted companies manufacture about 95% of the world's standard dry shipping containers, and the alleged scheme impacted ...

Amnesty International's findings reflect growing concerns that Indonesia, the world's third-largest democracy, ​is ...