Japan said on Friday it would release another 300,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile through July and tweak ...

HIROSHIMA—Hiroshima city on May 15 decided to notify Taiwan about the Aug. 6 peace memorial ceremony, breaking with its ...

NAHA—The sight of white crabs with long, slender legs and tiny, dot-like eyes drew a yelp of astonishment from Yoshihisa ...

OSAKA—Certain restrooms for toddlers at the Osaka Kansai Expo were designed to let parents easily help out their kids, but ...

BEIJING--Chinese worker Liu Shengzun lost two jobs in just one month as U.S. import tariffs shot up to triple digits in April ...

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 training aircraft after one of ...

Mio Ikeda stumbled across a future hit product when she discovered “firm tofu” at U.S. supermarkets in 2018 soon after she ...

The inaugural Music Awards Japan (MAJ) ceremonies will be held on May 21 and 22, with hopes it will gain the prestige of the ...

NAHA--A U.S. military helicopter flying over northern Okinawa Prefecture accidentally dropped a bag containing a flammable ...

Nearly half of people who read false rumors or misinformation online believe the contents are true, according to the internal ...

高知市の高知県立坂本龍馬記念館で、企画展「幕末維新期の写真展」が開かれている。龍馬をはじめ、幕末の有名な人物の写真53点が並んでいる。6月1日まで。 幕末には外国との交流が盛ん ...

洪水や土砂崩れなどの被災想定区域をまとめたハザードマップ。地元の役所から冊子が配られても、なかなか手に取ることが少ない。京都府木津川市は、女性や若者の視点を生かし、身近で ...