Weathernews released on January 29 its second forecasts of when Somei Yoshino cherry trees will bloom in Japan in ...

Workers were building a ramp to rescue a 74-year-old male truck driver trapped in a gigantic sinkhole in Saitama, ...

The Japanese government decided on January 28 to recommend archaeological sites in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, to ...

Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi said a woman he does not know had intruded into his parliamentary residence unit in ...

A 58-year-old man has been arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police under the suspicion of sexually assaulting a ...

Nippon TV has learned that Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering an official visit to Mongolia in July ...

The world's longest-serving death row inmate who has been acquitted in the 1966 murder of a family of four in Shizuoka ...

The death sentence for Aoba Shinji over the fatal arson attack on Kyoto Animation's studio has been finalized.Aoba set ...

A new massive sinkhole appeared on January 29, prompting officials to call on locals to evacuate as rescue efforts for ...

Seven candidates for the successor to Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee gave presentations behind closed doors at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland on January ...