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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a four-hitter for his first regular-season complete game in 66 major league starts, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 8-2 in the opener of their ...

Madonna, Justin Bieber, BTS and Shakira each brought a bit of one of their hits to the World Cup’s first halftime show in a whirlwind performance Sunday that also squeezed in Burna Boy, Ted Lasso and ...

Green turtles around the Ogasawara Islands are believed to be ingesting plastic, resulting in the waste accumulating in their bodies, according to a study by researchers at Rissho University and other ...

The company operating the Mt. Hakodate Ropeway in Hakodate, Hokkaido, is allowing up to about 50 people at a time to enter the observation deck at the summit on a trial basis to see if it eliminates ...

I’m a part-time worker in my 70s. My wife died suddenly last spring, and now I live with my unmarried first son, in his 40s, in a house I own. I wish he would somehow become independent.