A sugarcane field is seen on Kume Island, in the town of Kumejima, Okinawa Prefecture, in this photo taken on Aug. 4, 2025. A ...

The newly appointed president of Narita International Airport Corp. (NAA) recently shared insights on the airport's unique ...

The number of foreign visitors to Japan in July rose 4.4 percent from a year earlier to 3.4 million, a record for the month, ...

Social media has been abuzz with users in Japan reporting sightings of a mysterious object that briefly lit up skies acro ...

TOKYO -- As part of its heatstroke prevention efforts, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has launched the "Tokyo heat map" in ...

Tokyo stocks were lower early Thursday as some semiconductor-related shares tracked overnight falls by their U.S.

SAPPORO -- With Japan set to introduce a revised law on the "emergency shooting" of bears and wild boars in urban areas on Sept. 1, the Hokkaido Ryouyuukai hunters' association has notified all its 71 ...

Bandai Spirits Co. on Wednesday unveiled a hands-on museum set to open Sept. 2 inside its plastic model production plant in ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Korean poet Yun Dong Ju's death in a Japanese prison for his involvement in the ...

North Korea may operate a covert ballistic missile base some 27 kilometers from its border with China, a U.S. think tank said We ...

U.S. President Donald Trump recently met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy and proposed a solution for the war ...

At least 520,000 people across Japan could be asked to evacuate for a week if authorities issue a special alert that the risk ...