On the afternoon of Jan. 18, the day before Takaichi's announcement about a lower house dissolution, some 150 people lined up ...

Residents in an idyllic area of this southwest Japan city were perplexed when a developer briefed them about a project to ...

Seven test-takers were disqualified for cheating in Japan's Common Test for University Admissions held on Jan. 17 and 18.

Naomi Osaka made a fashion statement and quite an entrance to the Australian Open, wearing a wide-brim hat, veil and hold ...

HIMEJI, Hyogo -- A man died on the morning of Jan. 20 after reporting that he was stabbed in this western Japan city. A ...

Yokozuna Onosato suffered his third straight defeat at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday as new ozeki Aonishiki ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi recently announced in a news conference that she will dissolve the House of Representatives at ...

The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan reached about 42.7 million in 2025, surpassing the 40 million mark for the ...

Eleven English words of Japanese origin were added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its revision last December. The ...

The artificial intelligence ChatGPT earned perfect scores in nine subjects in this year's unified university entrance ...

The Japanese government has imposed a total ban on political fundraisers by ministers, its top spokesperson said Tuesday, as ...

This year's "survey of 10,000 residents" in Mie Prefecture is controversial because it contains a detailed question about ...