Mt. Fuji's climbing season commenced as the most popular trail opened Tuesday, with local authorities charging a doubled fee ...

Two women have been thanked by the Tokyo Fire Department for their quick actions to save a teenage passenger who went into ...

The average price of land in Japan rose 2.7 percent in 2025, the fourth straight year it has climbed and the fastest pace of ...

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East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has announced a new night train that will run between Tokyo and the Tohoku area (northeast ...

Japan's four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka survived a challenging first-round encounter with Australian qualifier Talia ...

Lawson has opened a next-generation convenience store featuring AI-driven cameras that analyze customer behavior. These ...

An international multi-religious organization on Monday vowed to promote peacebuilding efforts through dialogue among ...

A real estate agency and the local government in southwest Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture are beefing up support systems for the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday complained that Japan is not importing enough American rice, expressing further ...

Japan's tax revenue for fiscal 2024 is likely to have reached a record high for the fifth straight year, topping 75 trillion ...

Business confidence among major Japanese manufacturers improved to 13 in June from 12 three months earlier, led by a sharp ...