Characters from the globally popular Pokemon franchise are helping support communities affected by the Noto Peninsula ...

A headless torso found floating off Yokohama late last year was identified as that of a 45-year-old Chinese woman who lived ...

It seemed oddly lonely. In late September 2025, this Mainichi Shimbun reporter visited a park at a housing complex in the ...

The operator of Kansai International Airport is cracking down on prolonged parking and poor driver manners near the pick-up ...

With another hot summer expected this year in Japan, products to help consumers cope with the scorching weather are evolving, ...

Shizuoka Gov. Yasutomo Suzuki told the prefectural assembly Tuesday that he will allow Central Japan Railway Co. to begin c ...

A cafe at the corner of an intersection in this eastern Japan city where a huge sinkhole opened in January 2025 has finally ...

Japan's minister for economic and fiscal policy denied Tuesday the market view that the government is pressing the Bank of ...

A zoo here has announced the birth of a baby Malayan tapir, an endangered species, and the first such arrival at the facility ...

Shohei Ohtani blasted his 19th home run of the season, leaving him one homer shy of 300 for his Major League Baseball career, ...

Japan is considering stockpiling naphtha, an oil derivative necessary to make chemicals used in a wide range of products, as ...

A large and "violent" typhoon is moving westward near the Mariana Islands in the Pacific and may approach areas south of ...