A delegation of senior Taliban officials was to arrive as early as Feb. 16 for the first visit to Japan by the Islamic group ...

MUNICH--Japan, the United States and South Korea agreed to stand closely in dealing with regional threats from China and ...

ICHIKAWA, Chiba Prefecture--Princess Aiko played host to foreign diplomats at an event here to show off traditional duck ...

Local police took a 16-year-old Japanese youth into protective custody who they believe was forced to work for a fraud ring ...

Out-of-towners and overseas visitors to Himeji Castle will be charged more than double what residents here pay to visit the ...

Panda craze has once again gripped Hong Kong as residents compete to name the territory’s first locally-born giant panda cubs ...

A three-day evacuation exercise involving nearly 5,000 residents began on Feb. 14 close to a nuclear power plant here.

Ekiben” culture may be dying out, but a leading Tokyo department store is doing its level best to help operators find new ...

At Chiba University’s Matsudo Campus, a small room at the back of a laboratory differs in temperature and humidity from the ...

Adventure-seekers can enjoy a blend of excitement and natural beauty in Hinohara village aboard a nine-passenger monorail ...

For a peek into this peculiar world, Oshikatsu Izakaya Marumaru-no-kai is worth a visit. The restaurant, built like a karaoke ...

A Japanese woman was so confident in her method of teaching the English language to children that she tested it out in Canada ...