An autumn-themed exhibition is running at the Art Aquarium Museum Ginza in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, immersing visitors in a ...

An election to name Japan’s 103rd prime minister will be held in the afternoon at a special Diet session that convened on Nov ...

Dubbed the “Venice of the East” on social media and elsewhere, the city is not in danger of sinking but is working to ...

The Burrn! music magazine marked the 40th anniversary of its foundation despite finding itself in a jam over drastic changes ...

Donald Trump's return to the U.S. presidency will present a challenge for Japan, which depends on its alliance with the ...

According to the dictionary at hand, it is a metaphor for something frightening, and parents would say, “Mukurikokuri will come” to make children stop crying. When written in kanji, it is a ...

Fishing operations are finally back to normal, well almost, at the port of Wajima in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, following ...

Japanese consumers don’t have to hear about the increasing popularity of the Shine Muscat through the grapevine, but can see it in the clusters of yellow-green grapes packing produce sections.

Minako Ishida spent two years frequenting a white mansion suspended over the sea, eager to grasp just what about the property enthralled the famous connoisseur who now owns it.

Tokyo officials were overjoyed after the Japanese capital was named the world’s best large city in a leading U.S. travel ...

A teenager who survived for nine days trapped in rubble from the 2011 tsunami disaster later went into hiding from public view, embarrassed by “miracle rescue” descriptions of his ordeal.

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