KYOTO — Cacao beans with a thick coating of mitsu sugar syrup shine like jet-black gemstones.

A massive sculpture modeled after the left hand of a humanoid weapon seen in the popular anime series “Neon Genesis Evangelion” has appeared in front of JR Ube-Shinkawa Station in Ube, Yamaguchi ...

A high school in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, said to be the inspiration for the setting of Kyoto Animation’s popular anime “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya,” recently opened its doors for fans of ...

Princess Aiko on Sunday attended a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of Chiba University’s School ...

As damage caused by bears worsens across eastern Japan, particularly in the Tohoku region, Asian black bear sightings in ...

Kazuki Higa became the first Japanese golfer to win the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit on Saturday after finishing seventh at ...

Aki Komatsu, a food researcher specializing in Middle Eastern cuisine, shares her recipe for sambusas, a crispy appetizer ...

A funeral was held for feline stationmaster Nitama at Kishi Station on Wakayama Electric Railway Co.’ s Kishigawa Line in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Saturday.

A recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey found that 69% of respondents were in favor of revising the Imperial House Law, which specifies the procedures for succession to the throne, to allow a female emperor.

The number of Japanese workers at U.N. agencies as of the end of 2024 was 979, the highest since records began in 1990.

I’m a female company employee in my 40s. I got divorced a few years ago and now live at my parents’ home with my two sons, who are in elementary school. There are five of us living in the house.

A court in Moscow handed down guilty rulings to nine people including Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal ...