Participants show off their drumming skills with a Japanese drum set up on a float during the Kokura Gion Daiko summer festival in the vicinity of the Kokura Castle in Kitakyushu on Sunday, drawing ...

The Immigration Services Agency will urgently increase the number of officers to strengthen a crackdown on foreigners illegally overstaying in Japan.

If ill-intentioned people acquire land near places such as Self-Defense Forces facilities and nuclear power plants, or on remote islands along the country’s border, national security will be ...

It is nothing short of astonishing and appalling that despite having been arrested over unauthorized organ transplants overseas, a person could continue to engage in shady transplant brokerage without ...

Spain’s captain Rodri lifts up the FIFA World Cup trophy after the team defeated Argentina 1-0 in the final in extra time in New Jersey on Sunday. Ferran Torres netted a strike in the 106th minute, ...

Fifty years have passed since such a mandatory rate was first set in 1976, and initiatives have now gone beyond merely meeting that figure to also exploring ways to maximize disabled people’s ...

Preparations for the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 have entered their final stages at Garden Pier in Port of Nagoya in Minato Ward, Nagoya, with Sunday marking two months from the event’s Sept.

Almost two-thirds of upper-grade elementary school and junior high school students regularly obtain news from social media, according to a recent survey.

KYOTO — Hotels in central Kyoto are revamping their facilities to take advantage of inbound tourism growth driven by the weak yen.

Hokkaido rice is drawing keen attention from industry stakeholders after being registered in March under the Geographical Indication (GI) system that protects regional brand products.

A monorail opened on Mt. Kameyama on Oshima Island in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday, with a summit terrace offering panoramic views of the Sanriku coastline.

APSpain’s Ferran Torres (7) celebrates scoring their first goal during the World Cup final soccer match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, on Sunday. The Associated ...