Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko has proposed relocation of parts of the United Nation's functions to the Japanese capital during ...

In Fukushima’s Okuma Town, once evacuated after the nuclear disaster, one man has returned and started an open-air bookstore ...

Japan's department stores are reporting a sharp decline in duty free sales despite record arrival numbers for inbound ...

Much of Japan has sweltered under intense heat on Thursday, including the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, which ...

Japan's National Police Agency has confirmed that its officers have handled 17 cases in 25 years involving the abusive use of ...

US wrestling star Hulk Hogan died on Thursday in Florida at the age of 71. Hogan rose to stardom in the 1980s as one of the ...

Some children in western Japan have been enjoying a giant maze created in a field with about 40,000 sunflowers.

PORNOGRAFFITTI make a song for NHK Hiroshima to convey efforts for peace 80 years from the atomic bombing. We cover their ...

Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan has issued an alert against stink bugs to farmers for the second straight year. The insects ...

Japan's heath ministry says Japanese women in 2024 had the highest average life expectancy among countries that release data ...

Younger members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have effectively demanded that Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and ...

The mayor of Ito City, west of Tokyo, is under increasing pressure to testify over allegations that she falsified her ...