Makers of shochu in Kagoshima Prefecture are using various measures to attract new people to the distilled liquor, including ...

Negotiators reached a phased deal on Wednesday to end the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, the U.S. and Qatar ...

Police and the Self-Defense Forces are expected to be required to obtain prior approval from an envisaged independent organ ...

A man, who was arrested on suspicion of slapping a female employee at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, was angry that he had missed ...

There is a long way to go for Japan and China to improve bilateral relations, even after a delegation of Japanese Diet ...

Japan-based space startup ispace, Inc.’s Resilience lunar lander was launched on a journey toward the moon from the Kennedy ...

A former MUFG Bank employee has been arrested on suspicion of stealing 20 kilograms of gold bullion worth about ¥260 million ...

One of the largest shareholders of Fuji Media Holdings is demanding that the network establish a third-party committee to ...

Unprovoked anger is believed to be the motive of the suspect in the stabbing of two students at a fast-food restaurant in ...

Spending by foreign visitors to Japan exceeded 8 trillion yen for the first time in 2024, reaching 8.1395 trillion yen, ...

About 50 worshippers attended a Shinto purification ritual at Uto Shrine on Dec. 28, burning dolls and other sacred items to ...

Kinuko Iwamoto, 78, the former chancellor of Tokyo Women’s Medical University arrested over having the university illegally ...