An unusual contest testing how quickly and deeply people could sleep was held in the Japanese capital's Aoyama district on ...

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

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

When the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the mighty, monied Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night, it set up the first World ...

The International Monetary Fund projects that Japan's nominal gross domestic product, measured in U.S. dollars, will be ...

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

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

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

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

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Kumamoto Castle in this southwestern Japan city's Chuo Ward is being illuminated after dark, with projection mapping, bamboo ...