A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck central Japan at 1:04 a.m. Sunday, with upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale recorded in Chita, Aichi Prefecture.

The government has begun discussions on maintaining its designation for China as “the greatest strategic challenge” in the National Security Strategy when it is revised this year, The Yomiuri Shimbun ...

Maple and dodan-tsutsuji tree leaves have turned red and orange around Mt. Myokendake in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, thanks to low temperatures in the morning and evening.

Animals, plants, musical instruments and food are among a diverse array of motifs for chopstick rests crafted from seashells and buffalo horn and with roots in Vietnam.

Palm-sized AI translators have been playing an important role in prisons and detention houses across the nation that house many non-Japanese inmates.

A series of disruptive incidents has been occurring across the country, involving individuals breaking into police boxes, loudly shouting or provoking police officers before fleeing, with these acts ...

A group for women working at small local factories and other manufacturing settings was launched in Osaka in February.

Service on the JR Uchibo Line in Chiba Prefecture — specifically between Anegasaki in Ichihara and Nagaura in Sodegaura — resumed on Sunday morning, after the tracks were damaged by a landslide caused ...

As Japanese calligraphy is expected to be designated as an intangible cultural heritage of the UNESCO World Heritage, the Zenkoku Koto Gakko Syodou-Performance Grand Prix competition (All-Japan high ...

In Japan, 10% of adults are said to suffer from chronic insomnia. Sufficient sleep is essential for maintaining physical and mental health. This issue should not be downplayed as simply a “lack of ...

Russia, which is intensifying its pressure on Japan, has now targeted a Japanese company. This is an unjust measure that unilaterally interferes with corporate management. Moscow must withdraw it ...

Godzilla Minus Zero” stomped into movie theaters with a chart-topping $31.6 million over the weekend, scoring a record debut for a foreign-language film at the North American box office.