A Myanmar man who fled a farm in Hokkaido, where he was employed under Japan's Specified Skilled Worker status, said at a ...

A newly exhibited puffer fish at the municipal aquarium in this western Japan city is drawing the attention of visitors. Acc ...

Torrential rain pounded central Japan on Tuesday, prompting an emergency flood warning for a major river in the region, as ...

The Yokohama Municipal Government on Sept. 8 released a third-party investigative panel report on the case of a boy at a day ...

The government will boost support to help people stranded by heavy rain, following recent natural disasters including record ...

The Japanese government is set to buy back 210,000 metric tons of the 590,000 tons of reserve rice it released last year.

Tenbi Junmai Ginjo Hotaten, a sake product from Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture, has won the highest award in the rice-wine ...

The Japanese government has decided to nominate Hikone Castle in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, for registration as a ...

The United States, in past communications with the Japanese government about U.S. military bases in Okinawa, conveyed its ...

Confectionery maker Koike-Ya Inc. said Wednesday it will sell potato chips flavored with Kumamoto Prefecture's famed beef, ...

Mercari Inc., a major Japanese online flea market operator, said on Sept. 7 that it was removing listings linked to a ...

During telephone talks with his Iranian counterpart on Tuesday, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi urged Tehran to ...