When sportswriter Kazumasa Ota was assigned overseas to cover the Los Angeles Angels in 2022, he didn't want the plum ...

NAHA--Five years ago, historic Shuri-jo Castle here was reduced to a smoldering ruin after a catastrophic fire left people wondering how long it would take to bring back this symbol of Okinawan ...

Visitors to Kurobe Gorge, a popular tourist destination renowned for its stunning autumn foliage, can access a previously ...

This farming town of around 9,300 people has learned it needs financial help to accommodate the 2 million tourists who flood ...

OSAKA—The Osaka municipal government will start to ban smoking on all public streeets across the city on Jan. 27 next year, ...

Despite the urging of a private-sector panel, the government will not establish a commission to examine the death penalty, ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to reaffirm the policy to advance the “strategic ...

The Imperial Household Agency announced that Princess Yuriko, aunt of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, died on Nov. 15. She was 101.

Three organizations, including the Japan Actors Union, called on the public to not use artificial intelligence for foreign ...

The CEO of U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia Corp. expressed high hopes for Japan’s role in the artificial intelligence ...

KYOTO—Tairyu-Sanso Garden here, a government-designated site of scenic beauty that was once closed to the public, is now ...

Takuya Matsunaga’s emotional state had plunged to depths where he harbored thoughts of suicide and experienced graphic ...