Tourists could enjoy the rare view of the lake in the No. 1 crater of Mount Nakadake in the Aso volcano complex here turned ...

An excruciating five-minute wait prompted Manami Momose to embark on a multiyear research project concerning “toilet disparity” at public restrooms.

The Rikyugura sake brewery is looking to the future as it taps into the thriving Japanese whisky market and opened Senshu ...

Disgraced celebrity Masahiro Nakai sexually assaulted a former announcer at Fuji Television Network Inc. in a “work-related” ...

Tokyo and Washington went to great pains in 1996 to conceal the existence of a CIA office in Tokyo, saying that the news ...

As the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix roars off at Suzuka Circuit here on April 4, a local Italian restaurant is buzzing with ...

BANGKOK—The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to over 1,000 on Saturday as more bodies ...

A Japanese national may have been among hundreds of people who were inside an apartment building when it collapsed in the ...

KYOTO--Japanese on sightseeing trips seem to be avoiding key landmarks in this historic city due to the hordes of foreign ...

About 3,200 rice growers and dairy farmers, some driving tractors, held a protest in downtown Tokyo on March 30, demanding ...

To support women facing unwanted pregnancies, a Tokyo hospital has launched a confidential birth program, becoming the second ...

KOCHI--The Harimayabashi bridge here, considered one of the three most disappointing sightseeing spots in Japan, has reopened ...