A smelting furnace exploded Sunday at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 ...

A rather isolated community of large palatial buildings is nestled in a mountainous area of Gapyeong, Gyeonggi province, ...

The government officially decided on its basic energy plan at a Feb. 18 Cabinet meeting, outlining a mid- to long-term policy ...

Administrative organs are required to create and retain documents so that their decisions and actions can be examined later.

Booming inbound tourism and another blistering summer combined to send rice retail prices skyrocketing at supermarkets across ...

Unaffiliated voters shifted away from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Oct. 27 Lower House election and fueled the ...

Questionable medical examination practices involving children have been reported at schools around Japan, prompting education ...

Tokyo police have made arrests over a drunken driving joyride in an illegally modified vehicle disguised as an unmarked police car, complete with a flashing red light and a siren.

In a hugely significant policy shift for pacifist Japan, the government approved revisions that will allow for the export of ...

The U.S.-based company that created ChatGPT plans to soon provide its latest artificial intelligence model--with enhanced ...

Land prices are soaring in this town in western Hokkaido while the area’s famed ski hills continue to attract hordes of ...

The number of children under 15 years old in Japan is 13.66 million, 350,000 fewer than in 2024 and the lowest on record, the ...