The Olympic Truce Wall was unveiled in the athletes’ village for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that obtaining a Russian visa would be required for former residents seeking to visit the graves of relatives in the northern territories, effectively ...

A man confirmed to have contracted measles potentially came into contact with a number of people as he visited the Ito-Yokado Kokuryo store in Chofu, Tokyo, and the Sukesan Udon Adachi Shikahama ...

An earthquake occurred in the water off Ibaraki Prefecture at 18:03 p.m. on Tuesday, and a 3 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 was recorded in Ibaraki, Fukushima and Tochigi prefectures.

Japan’s Nikkei share average climbed 3% on Tuesday, rebounding from a decline posted in the previous session, after the ...

Nineteen members of Japan’s delegation to the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics arrived at Milan Malpensa Airport in Italy on Sunday ahead of the event, which kicks off Friday.

The successful test excavation of rare earth-bearing mud from the deep ocean floor by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) was a major step forward for Japan’s economic ...

Many overseas media outlets have criticized the pledges being made by Japan’s major political parties to cut the consumption tax rate in their campaigns for the upcoming House of Representatives ...

Snow-capped camellia flowers are seen in the cold air at the Nonoichi Central Park in Nonoichi, Ishikawa Prefecture. The park was designated an International Camellia Garden of Excellence by the ...

Conger eels peek out of tubes resembling ehomaki sushi rolls at Sendai Umino-mori Aquarium in Sendai. Ehomaki, literally “lucky direction rolls,” are eaten while facing the year’s lucky direction on ...

A 13-year-old junior high school girl was struck from behind by a monkey on Monday on a road in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, the prefectural police announced.

The Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare’s narcotics control department arrested Yuki Nishimiya, 45, who performs as Micro in music duo Def Tech, on suspicion of possessing dried ...