A new tour of the famed Akiyoshido cave system here, one of the largest limestone networks in Japan, offers visitors the ...

The education ministry will review its enrollment eligibility requirements for financial aid after a larger than expected ...

Around 170,000 tons of sesame were consumed in Japan in 2023, but only about 80 tons were produced domestically for a ...

Takehisa Okamura, right, president of Kinou Sozai Co. who developed a bread freshness-keeping bag called "Pan Oishii-mama," ...

Pakistani soldiers fired at Indian posts along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir for a second consecutive ...

Pyrotechnic artworks from the Omagari fireworks festival here will illuminate the sky over the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo venue ...

WASHINGTON--Japan may have averted U.S. pressure for a stronger yen in bilateral finance talks on Thursday, but a closer look ...

Fans of the four remaining giant pandas at Adventure World here and local businesses are bracing for their return to China at ...

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 4% to a record low in the fiscal year ended March 2024, government data showed on ...

SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unveiled a new naval destroyer, claiming it as a significant advancement toward his ...

NARA—The species resembling a "dragon" mummy that has long been kept in the Shosoin Repository here, a World Heritage site, ...

Ramen is for everyone—even royalty as King of Denmark Frederik X proved when he popped into an Ippudo in Tokyo's Ginza district for a bowl.