Sources connected to Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Japan's transport ministry say one of the firm's ...

Tokyo [Japan], March 14 (ANI): Tensions flared in East Asia on Saturday as the Japanese government issued an urgent warning ...

Japan's biggest railway company raised its fares by an average 7.1 percent on Saturday. It is East Japan Railway's first ...

Japan will begin releasing a portion of its strategic oil reserves from March 16 as global energy markets reel from supply disruptions triggered by the ongoing conflict in West Asia.

On Friday, Japan marked 20 years since members of a shadowy cult let off deadly sarin nerve gas in Tokyo's subway system. The attack was the worst in modern Japanese history, and prompted global ...

TOKYO -- A new government survey shows that ideas about men's and women's roles are very different across Japan. In some ...

Japan logged two new heat records in a single day Tuesday with the mercury hitting 41.6 degrees Celsius (106.88 degrees Fahrenheit) and then 41.8 C (107.24 F), the weather office said. It warned that ...

March 5 was "Keichitsu," the day when it is said that insects in the ground become active as they sense spring's arrival. In a pine-lined avenue of th･･･ ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on April 27, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. The world's population may have recently exceeded eight billion, but it's a deceptive ...

TOKYO -- Some parents in Japan want their children to learn not just English but other languages too. They hope this will help their children become m･･･ ...