The Kumamoto Prefectural Government has created a handbook translating the local dialect for foreign residents, aiming to ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced on April 17 that it has chosen "kokushobi," which literally means "cruelly ...

Eight gas station operators are suspected of repeatedly coordinating diesel fuel prices for corporate customers in Tokyo in a ...

A man arrested for abandoning the body of his stepson who had been missing for weeks has confessed to strangling the boy, ...

Voices of opposition have been rising from lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) over the government's bill ...

The family of an engineer who took his own life while on assignment in China has reached a settlement with Kawasaki Heavy ...

Japan's initial budget for defense spending and related costs for fiscal 2026 totaled about 10.6 trillion yen ($66.5 billion) ...

Honda Motor Co. said it will start selling a China-built electric vehicle in Japan for the first time Friday, as the company ...

The Artemis II astronauts who ignited a lunar renaissance gave high marks Thursday to their moonship, especially the heat ...

Tokyo stocks fell Friday as investors locked in gains after the Nikkei index hit a record high just below 60,000 the previous ...

A vibrant carpet of flowers in colors such as white and pink blooming on a private residential property in this central Japan ...

The Japanese government will establish a council of experts to discuss whether the unauthorized use of sound data in ...