The sun doesn't come out much during the winter in Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, the trio making up the Hokuriku ...

The prosecution described the crime as "exploiting women for profit" and sought a sentence of two years and six months in ...

A now 88-year-old man who narrowly survived the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated this west Japan city still ...

Hyogo Prefectural Police arrested Hidekazu Yanai, a company executive in Kobe's Chuo Ward, on suspicion of violating the ...

The chance of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has increased to approximately 80 percent, ...

A former MUFG Bank employee who was arrested for allegedly stealing gold bars from customer safe deposit boxes is believed to ...

Documents containing the personal information of an individual related to a traffic accident went missing after the famous ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Nintendo Co. said Thursday it will release the successor to its Switch game console sometime this year. The ...

Mongolians and others living in Japan visit the temple as a place of spiritual comfort, and the Mongolia-born former sumo ...

An illumination event at a UNESCO World Heritage-listed settlement in this central Japan village began on Jan. 13, lighting ...

By Gilad Cohen, Ambassador of Israel to Japan Israel's recent military victories over the Axis of Terror -- comprising Hamas, ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's defense team said Thursday he will refuse further questioning at the headquarters of ...