The humble rice ball, eaten in Japan for thousands of years, is seemingly more popular now than ever, with specialty ...

NAHA--A joint patrol involving Okinawa prefectural police and the U.S. military is to be mounted in the entertainment ...

Ibaraki Governor Kazuhiko Oigawa brought a powerful recruiting pitch with him last year when he flew to India.

A drone-based photography service started on a trial basis here in March, allowing tourists to obtain professional-level ...

A malfunctioning video game console put a 10-year-old boy on a quest to develop a type of sand that can repel one of the most ...

After a three-and-a-half-hour interrogation, police officers wore down a 12-year-old girl and got her to “confess” to ...

A new documentary film that depicts the long campaigns waged by two Okinawa governors against the concentration of U.S.

When Yeung Sum co-founded the city's largest pro-democracy party more than 30 years ago, he knew building a democratic Hong ...

NARA—Of the six teenagers rushed to the hospital after being struck by lightning in a schoolyard during an evening soccer ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s pause in his “reciprocal tariffs” was the latest twist in a period of uncertainty for many ...

The education ministry on April 10 tasked an expert advisory panel to look into establishing a new teaching system that can ...

Demand for lodgings in central Osaka is rising ahead of the Osaka Kansai Expo 2025, which opens on April 13. New hotels have ...