Japanese manga comics, celebrated worldwide for their creativity and influence, now face a pressing challenge: The original ...

A man in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, created a hero character inspired by the Japanese giant salamander, one of the ...

About 18,000 participants showed off their enthusiastic dance moves when they took part in the traditional Yosakoi dance at ...

A dancer suffered minor injuries after being hit by a falling sign on a stage at the Yosakoi Festival in Kochi on Sunday, the ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded its “special heavy rain warning,” which it had issued to seven municipalities in ...

Three baby Pallas’ cats were unveiled to the public at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya on Aug.6.

Komeito, which has been part of Japan’s ruling coalition for years, is struggling, especially following its crushing defeat ...

A 54-year-old man was found dead on the median strip of National Highway Route 1 in Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City, on Monday ...

North Korea has denounced a major joint exercise planned by the South Korean and U.S. militaries as “direct military ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said a negotiated settlement between Russia and Ukraine was unlikely to satisfy either side, and ...

The government plans a policy to allow Japanese citizens living abroad to submit online applications for the issuance of My ...

A road is covered with soil and debris after the embankment of a nursery school collapsed in Tamana, Kumamoto Prefecture, on ...