The highly pathogenic avian influenza, known for its high mortality rate, is suspected as the cause of mass deaths and ...

A junior high school student here has passed the Japanese national qualification exam for handling Class A hazardous ...

Is there a need for Japan's national government to continue its pork-barreling that is fraught with problems? It wouldn't be ...

A scenic playground recently opened atop the 622-meter Mount Sarakura in this southwest Japan city's Yahatahigashi Ward, ...

Japan was among popular destinations for Chinese travelers during the five-day Labor Day holiday through Monday, despite an ...

What should parents do if their child suddenly says they don't want to go to school -- a trend sometimes seen after Japan's ...

Two people were injured Wednesday after being attacked by a man wielding a knife at a subway station near the University of ...

OSAKA -- A man with an admission ticket to the "international exposition" in 1940, which was scheduled to be held mainly in ...

Police on May 5 arrested an 80-year-old local woman after she turned herself in at a police box here and said, ...

SUZU, Ishikawa -- Salt production using the "agehama" method, which had been practiced in the northern Noto Peninsula's ...

The popular Japanese all-male idol group Arashi, which has been on hiatus since the end of 2020, announced Tuesday that it ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Okinawa next month to pay their respects to the war dead ahead of the ...