A new tour of the famed Akiyoshido cave system here, one of the largest limestone networks in Japan, offers visitors the ...

The education ministry will review its enrollment eligibility requirements for financial aid after a larger than expected ...

Takehisa Okamura, right, president of Kinou Sozai Co. who developed a bread freshness-keeping bag called "Pan Oishii-mama," ...

Around 170,000 tons of sesame were consumed in Japan in 2023, but only about 80 tons were produced domestically for a ...

Fans of the four remaining giant pandas at Adventure World here and local businesses are bracing for their return to China at ...

Pakistani soldiers fired at Indian posts along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir for a second consecutive ...

The South Korean government’s fact-finding commission suspended its groundbreaking investigation into the extensive fraud and ...

Pyrotechnic artworks from the Omagari fireworks festival here will illuminate the sky over the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo venue ...

NARA—The species resembling a "dragon" mummy that has long been kept in the Shosoin Repository here, a World Heritage site, ...

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 4% to a record low in the fiscal year ended March 2024, government data showed on ...

Ramen is for everyone—even royalty as King of Denmark Frederik X proved when he popped into an Ippudo in Tokyo's Ginza district for a bowl.

Hoshino Resorts Inc. on April 22 announced the launch of a new brand called “Lucy” after the famed English traveler Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904) to serve as bases for mountain tourism.