The Osaka city government on Tuesday cut off the 1.6-meter section of a giant steel pipe that had protruded from the ground in Kita Ward, Osaka City, and sealed the hole with a steel plate.

A Ground Self-Defense Force officer allegedly trespassed on the premises of the Chinese Embassy in the Moto-Azabu district of Minato Ward, Tokyo, and was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average climbed roughly 3% on Wednesday, supported by cautious optimism that the Middle East crisis ...

A unique event featuring fermented foods and jewelry was held in Kofu on March 7. A record 123 businesses from inside and outside the prefecture had booths at Kofu Hakkou Marche, the eighth such event ...

Nemophila flowers have begun to bloom at Gifu World Rose Garden in Kani, Gifu Prefecture. The garden has an about 3,000-square meter flower bed with around 80,000 nemophila plants, which are expected ...

New criteria starting in April will give top priority for heart transplants from brain-dead donors to patients under 60 ...

The Shinjuku Ward Office, in cooperation with local residents, is trialing an initiative in which food trucks operate in the “Toyoko” area of Tokyo’s Kabukicho district, as part of efforts to change ...

Japan’s Shohei Ohtani is setting the pace by topping baseball’s rich list, according to figures published by Forbes on ...

Sarah Mullally will be enthroned as the Church of England’s first female Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide in a ceremony mixing tradition with global ...

Cherry blossoms have begun to bloom in Kyoto, the Kyoto Local Meteorological Observatory announced on Monday, marking the ...

A more than 160-year-old edohiganzakura cherry tree is in full bloom at Hachigata Castle Park in Yorii, Saitama Prefecture.

The name Utsukushigahara translates literally as “beautiful field,” and this area in central Nagano Prefecture is on a ...