A popular anime has inspired a young man to move here where the show is set and become active in the community around a local ...

Police in Seika, Kyoto Prefecture, on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old Swiss man who was wielding a knife on a train station platform. According to police, an employee at JR Hosono Station called 110 at ...

The incident caused cancellations and delays on the Gakkentoshi Line, affecting about 150 passengers. Read more at ...

Youngster Sota Kitano netted a pair of goals to spark Cerezo Osaka to a 5-2 victory over local rivals Gamba Osaka in their ...

Heart-shaped ice sculptures were among the Valentine's Day gifts presented to a giant panda in Japan. Fuhin, a four-year-old female, lives at a zoo in the western Japanese town of Shirahama, Wakayama ...

The Tohoku region has become an increasingly popular destination among tourists from countries and regions that observed the ...

A People’s Liberation Army (PLAN) surface action group and an amphibious task group made separate transits through the Miyako ...

LESS THAN TWO months ago, the world’s oldest person (at the time) died. Tomiko Itooka made it to 116. She died Dec. 29 at a ...

The latest announcement is out from TESS Holdings Co., Ltd. ( ($JP:5074) ). TESS Holdings Co., Ltd. reported a significant ...

A Russian Navy surveillance ship made a nine-day cruise in the vicinity of Japan’s southwest islands approaching as close as ...

The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic ...

Filipinos may be familiar with Hakone as a sardines brand, but this town in Japan is a lesser-known tourist destination close ...