The number of foreign residents living in Japan is at a record high and continuing to rise. While foreign residents are seen ...

A 69-year-old woman from Kobe, who lost her father in the Great Hanshin Earthquake, has been devoting herself for over a decade to reading picture books to children that feature people’s lives in ...

Yamagata University will develop and launch its own ultra-small satellite in partnership with a Tokyo-based startup , the university announced Thursday.

A 49-year-old man was arrested Saturday in Hidaka, Hokkaido, for allegedly hiding a woman’s body inside a wall of a bar he runs, police said.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also serves as the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, began on Friday considering dissolving the House of Representatives at the start of the ordinary ...

A female Bornean orangutan from Indonesia has been newly introduced into a zoo in the town of Tobe, Ehime Prefecture. The zoo aims to have her breed with the male orangutan already in its care.

Firefighting efforts continued on Saturday, the third day since a forest fire broke out on Mt. Ogi in Yamanashi Prefecture.

An annual race to decide fuku otoko lucky men took place at Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, early on Saturday.

TOYOOKA, Hyogo – Two white snow crabs were landed at fishing ports on the Sea of Japan off the coast of Hyogo Prefecture. Local aquarium Kinosaki Marine World in Toyooka has acquired the crustaceans ...

Editorial [posttime] JST, [postdate] Solar power generation is a pillar of renewable energy for the realization of a decarbonized society. With suitable generation sites for the energy source becoming ...

The Metropolitan Police Department on Friday arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of murdering the president of the audio equipment company he works for in a condominium in Tokyo’s Ota Ward.

Editorial [posttime] JST, [postdate] The United States has furthered its “America First” policy, in which it prioritizes its own interests, by dismantling the multilateral cooperation framework it has ...