A new tour of the famed Akiyoshido cave system here, one of the largest limestone networks in Japan, offers visitors the ...

The education ministry will review its enrollment eligibility requirements for financial aid after a larger than expected ...

Takehisa Okamura, right, president of Kinou Sozai Co. who developed a bread freshness-keeping bag called "Pan Oishii-mama," ...

Around 170,000 tons of sesame were consumed in Japan in 2023, but only about 80 tons were produced domestically for a ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii--A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April ...

Hoshino Resorts Inc. on April 22 announced the launch of a new brand called “Lucy” after the famed English traveler Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904) to serve as bases for mountain tourism.

Pakistani soldiers fired at Indian posts along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir for a second consecutive ...

Fans of the four remaining giant pandas at Adventure World here and local businesses are bracing for their return to China at ...

SASEBO, Nagasaki Prefecture—Huis Ten Bosch Co. announced that its amusement park here is opening a new Miffy-themed area on June 21. Miffy's creator, Dick Bruna, was from The Netherlands and ...

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 4% to a record low in the fiscal year ended March 2024, government data showed on ...

SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unveiled a new naval destroyer, claiming it as a significant advancement toward his ...

WASHINGTON--Japan may have averted U.S. pressure for a stronger yen in bilateral finance talks on Thursday, but a closer look ...