Organizations are trying to bring overseas refugees to Japan to ease labor shortages, improve the economy and help Tokyo ...

Many closed-down “sento” public bathhouses across Japan have been reborn as cafes or even “izakaya” pubs. But a few are now ...

Since Mount Shinmoedake began erupting on June 22, experts are continuing to closely monitor the southern Kyushu volcano in ...

Although Japan and China have cleared hurdles for a resumption of Japanese beef exports after a 24-year hiatus, it remains ...

Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by ...

KOBE—A Chinese woman is accused of illegally driving tourists from her home country to areas around the Kansai region for ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako watched how Mongolians race horses in a wild prairie setting on July 12 during a ...

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

Less than two months after being elected, Ito Mayor Maki Takubo has been asked to resign for claiming to have graduated from ...

According to the R-bies Sports Foundation, which tracks data on fun sports activities, Okuyama, now 97, is the oldest person ...

A “lawless” zone here overrun by foreign visitors and plagued by bad behavior has been tamed thanks to a multi-government ...

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