JAPAN has executed the man who brutally murdered eight women and one man – aged between 15 and 26 – after luring them to his ...

NAHA -- This Okinawa Memorial Day, June 23, marks the 30th anniversary since the "Cornerstone of Peace" monument was erected ...

Buy a cask of whiskey, age it and savor the investment with a tipple now and again. Be advised, this comes at a price.

High water temperatures resulted in damage to the coral in Japan's Okinawa prefecture during the worldwide coral bleaching event of 1998. However, Sekisei lagoon, with a radius of 20 km and Japan's ...

The mayor of the city of Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture announced on June 16 that he was issued a ticket while driving, and that a police ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 69 °F (20.6 °C). Sunny with a high of 94 °F (34.4 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 7 mph (8 to 11.3 kph). Sunny ...

Japan's agriculture ministry says that sales of stockpiled rice will widen to stores ... The ministry said on Thursday that sales of the grain had begun at 3,731 retailers in all but one prefecture.

Kuki Shrine in the town of Asahi, Yamagata Prefecture, considers air a sacred object where gods reside. On June 7, the Air Festival was held at the sh ...

As Japan continues to struggle with rice shortages and rising prices, it wastes up to 4 tons of the grain every day—and ...

At a general meeting of shareholders in Takahama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, Toyota Industries President Koichi Ito defended the plans, saying that "the purchase price fully reflects our ...

The city of Choshi in Chiba Prefecture is famous for its production of melons. ... Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children.

Some locations in Iwate and Aomori prefectures recorded their highest temperatures of the year. Meanwhile, Date in Fukushima Prefecture recorded the nation’s highest temperature of the day with 32.9 C ...