Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told a ruling Liberal Democratic Party official that she is considering dissolving the ...

NANKOKU, Kochi -- Once-despised "entai" concrete bunkers built here during World War II to protect military aircraft should ...

Crows previously emerged as a social problem in Tokyo due to their scavenging of food waste among other issues, but their ...

Niseko, one of Japan's premier ski resorts in Hokkaido, has been labeled "foreignized" in a wave of online rumors. Posts on ...

Emails impersonating real company presidents and requesting QR codes to access chat groups on the free messaging app Line ...

The number of operational ski resorts in Japan in 2025 fell to a record low, 40 percent down from the peak in 1999, due to a ...

The number of people taking shinkansen bullet trains and express trains in Japan during the 10-day year-end and New Year ...

Simren Ghumman, a 53-year-old pilot from India, now flies planes for Jetstar Japan. She works from Narita Airport and flies ...

Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic's ailing economy are putting new pressure on its theoc ...

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Starting in academic 2027, the University of Tsukuba will require foreign students to pay higher tuition. The university ...

Heavy snow may fall across a wide swath of Japan over the three-day holiday weekend, the weather agency said Friday, warning ...