Hanako Okada was one of 73 women to win seats at the general election last month, a record number in a Parliament long dominated by men.

Mount Fuji, the country’s tallest summit, is revered for its snowy peak. A snowfall reported on Wednesday ended its longest ...

(Mainichi/Asuka Ohira) SAITAMA -- An academic skills test for around 10,000 third-year junior high school students in this east Japan city was canceled abruptly after exam questions were possibly ...

A win for the baseball superstar’s Los Angeles Dodgers “will be seen as a victory for Japanese baseball and the Japanese ...

SHENZHEN, China--A Japanese boy on his way to school in this southern Chinese city was attacked and injured on the morning of Sept. 18, according to Japanese government officials. The boy was ...

Among them is the small city of Sabae, in Fukui prefecture, about a 3.5-hour train ride from Tokyo. It’s widely known as Japan’s eyeglasses capital – and for good reason. Sabae produces over ...

After a summer that tied for the country’s hottest, meteorologists say an unusually warm autumn is delaying snowfall Alexa ...

KANONJI, Kagawa Prefecture--Facing the Seto Inland Sea, this city is famous for Jinnein and Kannonji, the 68th and 69th temples of the 88 Shikoku pilgrimage route. It is also home to Ariakehama ...

Shohei Ohtani’s hometown in northern Japan is a rural place, famous for its high-quality Maesawa beef, its history of making ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.