SAITAMA - The Konosu Fireworks Festival, one of Japan's largest fireworks events, set a Guinness World Record for the number ...

Two men were killed and eight others injured in separate accidents involving traditional danjiri festival floats in Osaka ...

TOKYO - Physical fitness among Japanese women in their 30s and 40s has been declining, according to the Sports Agency's ...

TOKYO - In today's video, we have a look at the ongoing kabuki performances at the Heisei Nakamura-za theatre, set up this ...

Japan is stepping up efforts to reduce its dependence on China for essential medicines and rare earth minerals, with ...

Highly poisonous mushrooms capable of causing severe skin damage through contact and even death if eaten are appearing in ...

OSAKA - Osaka's Midosuji boulevard and the Champs-Elysees in Paris have officially established a sister street partnership, ...

Police in Saitama Prefecture are urging hikers to submit climbing plans before heading into the mountains during the busy ...

Japan is expected to experience a warmer-than-normal winter as the El Nino phenomenon currently affecting the Pacific Ocean ...

TOKYO - Construction of an underground tunnel for Japan's Linear Chuo Shinkansen in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward is expected to ...

A major new global project centered on the popular Japanese anime franchise Naruto was announced at New York Comic Con 2026, one of the world ...

Corporate bankruptcies caused by labor shortages in Japan reached a record 240 cases in the first half of the current fiscal year, highlighting the growing financial strain on small businesses as ...