SHIRAHAMA, Wakayama Prefecture-- Thousands of fans bid a teary farewell to a family of four giant pandas heading back to ...

Fleet Adm. William Leahy (1875-1959) served as U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s chief of staff during World War II.

SHIRAHAMA--Thousands of fans bid a teary farewell Friday to a family of four giant pandas at a zoo in Japan’s coastal town of ...

Yuri, the cherished pet dog of the imperial family, passed away on June 23 from old age, the family’s aides announced. She ...

Eleven individuals, including three Japanese nationals, were sentenced to prison here over chemical pollution caused by a ...

The commander of U.S. Forces Japan said the recent decision by the Self-Defense Forces to establish a joint operations ...

Sohei Kamiya insists that he and his rising Sanseito political party are not encouraging hatred and discrimination against ...

Some flower species, like the stinking corpse lily in Indonesia, exude a smell like rotting flesh to attract pollen-carrying ...

A leading sake brewer has produced the traditional Japanese beverage using only foreign-harvested rice in time for the Osaka ...

Japanese consumers have made a sharp shift away from high-priced rice to noodles and other cost-effective staples, the start ...

Engine malfunctions are plaguing the fleet of patrol aircraft essential to Maritime Self-Defense Force tracking of Chinese submarines and suspect ships in Japanese waters, according to the Board of ...

A man who sexually assaulted and murdered eight suicidal females after falsely promising to die with them was executed on ...