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.

A deer that was captured in Osaka in March shares the same genotype as deer inhabiting an area centered on Nara Park, a DNA analysis has revealed.

Several trees fell and injured seven people near a soccer field where an elementary school soccer game was being played in Gotenba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sunday.

Temperatures rose on Sunday in western Japan, mostly in the Kyushu, Kansai and Shikoku regions. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, recorded a high of 38 C, ...

The government is set to begin developing nautical charts for strategic choke points along sea lanes in Southeast Asia.

The government plans to begin research and development of unmanned vessels for the Japan Coast Guard starting next fiscal year, in a bid to strengthen maritime surveillance around Japan, it has been ...

For children in households struggling financially, summer vacation, a period when school meals are not provided, is a difficult time. Even during extremely hot days, some families refrain from using ...

Artificial intelligence-based robots and systems are advancing to the point of being able to learn and replicate the skills of culinary professionals, even though it has been considered difficult to ...

The retrial system, which allows for the reopening of trials in which innocent people were wrongfully convicted, is set to undergo major changes. These changes must lead to prompt redress for victims ...

Although work attire becoming more casual seems to have decreased the number of people wearing suits, an event where men in suits walk through a city on their day off is drawing attention.

I’m a housewife in my late 30s and I live in my husband’s hometown with him and our preschool child. My husband is self-employed, and I handle all of his business accounting and administrative work.