The government is taking steps to unify the bill for a consumption tax cut on food items with another on the establishment of ...

A picture book depicting a Japanese American man’s life at an internment camp in Hawaii during World War II is drawing attention in the United States.

A security camera captured the moment a huge crack appeared in a rice paddy in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, when the massive Kumamoto earthquake struck on July 28.

The record rainfall in Chiba Prefecture on Thursday was caused in part by cold air colliding with warm, moist air coming from a different direction, creating conditions favorable for the formation of ...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.7 and several aftershocks struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia early on Saturday, the nation’s geophysics agency BMKG said, while tsunami waves of less than 1 metre ...

The death toll rose to eight from record rainfall that hit Chiba Prefecture, with one person missing and 29 injured. Some of the deaths occurred in submerged cars.

The annual memorial ceremony for Japan’s war dead was held on Saturday at the Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, as the country marked the 81st anniversary of the end of World War II.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine in six innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers moved back within a game of the National League-leading Milwaukee Brewers with a 3-1 victory Friday night.

A new attraction, Alejandro’s Magic Spray, launched in July at resort complex Shima Spain Village in Shima, Mie Prefecture.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made five consecutive posts on her official X account on Friday to push back against critical opinions regarding her Cabinet’s measures to combat rising prices.

Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will visit Saudi Arabia and Oman from Monday through Aug. 22 for talks with local officials on normal maritime navigation and infrastructure reconstruction in the ...

Four ministers visited Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday, the country’s 81st war-end anniversary, while Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a cash offering to the war-linked shrine from her own money ...