Policies regarding foreign residents are being put forward by both ruling and opposition parties in election pledges for the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Tuesday a plan to establish an administrative office early next week to serve as a command center for strengthening measures to deal with crimes and other ...

Tuesday marked three years since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot while delivering an election campaign ...

More residents of Akusekijima Island are to be evacuated in response to a series of earthquakes off the Tokara Islands in ...

The fiscal condition continues to deteriorate, and divisions in society are further deepening. This major tax-cut policy will inevitably cause concern about the future of the United States.

The number of visitors to Karatsu Castle tower in Saga Prefecture since its opening in 1966 has now exceeded 7,777,777, the Karatsu city government announced on Monday.

A walking event was held Sunday on the Michinoku Coastal Trail, which links the four prefectures of Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi and ...

Vietnam should strive to transform and upgrade its industrial structure to revitalize its domestic industries, Tran Van Tho, ...

Himebotaru fireflies cast their pale glow across the forest, creating a dream-like scene on Mt. Oritsume in Iwate Prefecture ...

China held a ceremony on Monday to mark the 88th anniversary of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, a prelude to the Second Sino-Japanese War.

The postwar agricultural policy on rice that has given more consideration to producers than consumers has revealed its limitations due to the high prices of the grain during the so-called “rice ...

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.5 struck off the coast of the Tokara Islands at around 11 a.m. on Tuesday.