SAPPORO--Shinichiro Ando, the victim of a vicious bear attack a few years ago, says insufficient support measures have ...

MITO--Yasuko Yasuhara, once a top party hostess in this Ibaraki prefectural capital, made an inevitable career shift as she ...

Vertical solar panels, while now a rare sight on farmland in Japan, in this case a rice paddy, look set to transform the ...

After Japan’s first execution of a prisoner in almost three years, the European Union and other countries responded with a ...

Emperor Naruhito hopes that his visit to Mongolia to commemorate Japanese wartime detainees who died there under harsh ...

A relentless series of earthquakes has shaken Akusekijima island here in the remote Tokara island chain, causing sleepless ...

Eleven individuals, including three Japanese nationals, were sentenced to prison here over chemical pollution caused by a ...

Sohei Kamiya insists that he and his rising Sanseito political party are not encouraging hatred and discrimination against ...

TSU--For the time being, the Bank of Japan will hold off on interest rate hikes while it closely monitors developments in the ...

A drone-based tsunami detection is taking shape along this famed surfing coastline to ensure a speedy evacuation of beach-goers in an emergency.

Police in Tokyo are waging a charm offensive to stop foreign nationals falling victim to elaborate fraud scams as well as ...

The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday that he will be reincarnated and that his non-profit institution will have the sole ...