Many people in Japan think pets are family. In disasters, many people now leave home with their pets. But local governments ...

Japan's weather agency canceled a mistakenly issued warning of strong seismic shaking from an earthquake off northern Japan ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Friday that Japan's economic activity has developed broadly in line with the central ...

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) has a unit known as the "field intelligence unit." Its stated purpose is to ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, regarded by Japan's neighbors ...

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At an inn in central Japan devoted to kombu, or Japanese edible kelp, guests can enjoy the seaweed in food and cocktails, ...

Audiences watching acclaimed young Kabuki actors Ichikawa Somegoro VIII and Onoe Tatsunosuke III perform on their first ...

President Donald Trump says he wants voters to pretend that he's on the ballot in this year's midterm elections.

The Kobe Municipal Government will lease about 3 kilometers of a massive disused tunnel in the mountains of Nishi Ward in ...

Colored pavement is gradually becoming more common on crosswalks along school routes across Japan, with the spaces between ...