A satellite operated by multibillionaire Elon Mask’s SpaceX now allows smartphone subscribers in Japan to use short message ...

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

The last remaining evacuation shelters set up in Ishikawa Prefecture last year are scheduled to close on April 13, signaling ...

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

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

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

Cherry blossom season is ending in Tokyo, with people enjoying one last opportunity to savor the fleeting beauty of the sakura in bloom.

Japan has seen a sharp rise in whooping cough cases with the number of patients recorded in the first three months of this year surpassing the entirety of those in 2024.

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

A preview of the Osaka Kansai Expo 2025 on April 9 days before its opening showed a number of contrasting exhibits that ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called Japan on Sunday an "indispensable partner" in deterring growing Chinese ...

Rice prices across Japan climbed for the 13th consecutive week, even as the first wave of the staple crop from the government ...