Municipalities neighboring major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka are increasingly concerned about losing child care workers to ...

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

A string of drone attacks on at least seven cargo vessels in the Black Sea this month, off the coasts of NATO members Romania ...

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

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

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

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

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

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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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.