Three people have been arrested in Kyoto on suspicion of operating an unlicensed underground banking service for Chinese ...

Two 14-year-old junior high school students in Aichi Prefecture have been arrested on suspicion of obstructing traffic while ...

Nagoya was assessing the damage after record-breaking rainfall exceeding 100 millimeters in one hour struck the city on ...

Families were given a rare opportunity to explore a newly built ship about 180 meters long during a public event at Hakodate ...

The Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly elected a new chairman after the resignation of longtime power broker Isao Kuranouchi, while ...

Police are investigating whether a dispute between a 70-year-old man and the female owner of a cake shop in Motosu, Gifu ...

Raccoons are increasingly appearing in urban areas of Japan, including residential neighborhoods near Shin-Osaka Station, ...

Expectations are growing for the wider use of "physical AI" robots, but concerns over hacking, breakdowns and maintenance are ...

Japan has asked for changes to an Equal Earth world map that depicts the Russian-controlled Northern Territories in the same color as Russia, prompting the map ...

Tokyo stocks edged lower on September 10, with the Nikkei 225 closing at 65,143, down 0.19%, as gains in selected semiconductor and electronic-component shares faded under pressure from oil above $100 ...

More than half of the religious corporations investigated for operating temple lodgings and religious training programs at World Heritage-listed Mount Koya in Wakayama Prefecture were found to have ...

HOKKAIDO - Seven Myanmar nationals working at an agricultural corporation in Hokkaido under Japan's Specified Skilled Worker ...