The president of Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) announced on March 29 that the Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line will not ...

Motoki Iwasaki holds an enology certificate from the French government, an honor bestowed on very few Japanese.

A microscopic model of Japan’s famed World War II battleship Yamato has gone on display at the Yamato Museum Satellite here.

Former world champion mogul skier Aiko Uemura decided to take action to protect the Earth where the snow falls when she ...

The Japanese government is planning a wave of fee and tax hikes targeting foreign nationals that will affect the airport ...

A landmark development has paved the way for Sanae Takaichi to become Japan’s 104th prime minister and first woman to hold ...

OSAKA--That Myaku-Myaku statue is back. The official mascot of the just-ended Osaka Kansai Expo has found a temporary resting ...

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Tohoku Electric Power Co. announced it will probably shut down the No. 2 reactor at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture in December 2026 because it failed to meet a key safety ...

Smarting from Komeito’s decision to quit the ruling coalition, Liberal Democratic Party executives have  decided to play ...

The total number of general visitors to the Osaka Kansai Expo fell short of the projected 28.2 million, largely due to a slow ...

Climate change has helped make the small Japanese town of Yoichi the toast of Pinot Noir connoisseurs, with gradually warming ...