The tourists believed to be a family from Osaka are missing after crossing into Nepal from Tibet, with a driver sent to pick ...

A visa cap meant to last a year filled in weeks, exposing the gap between Japan's labor shortage and Ishin's push for limits.

Although the Minamitorishima project lies within Japan's EEZ, experience gained could inform international environmental ...

Built in 1928 to haul timber, Amemiya No. 21 now carries visitors through a forest park, kept in operation thanks to decades of efforts by local residents. In Hokkaido's Maruseppu area, which once ...

Speaking from The Hague, the court's chief judge described banking workarounds under sanctions and warned that Asian withdrawals from the ICC could follow. The United States has sanctioned ...

A remote Aomori retreat is gaining attention as a place for digital detox, where guests can escape their devices and recharge amid mountains and hot springs. With no television or air conditioning, ...

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who won Japan's first Olympic gold in pairs' figure skating, called each other "irreplaceable" in their announcement. Affectionately known in Japan as "Rikuryu," Riku ...

Top-ranked South Korean Se Young An outplayed Akane Yamaguchi in the women's singles final at the Badminton World Championships in New Delhi. In New Delhi, world No 1 An wrapped up her successful ...

From evacuation notices to relief supply centers, simplified Japanese with fewer kanji is making information easier to understand for non-native speakers. Yasashii Nihongo ("Easy Japanese") is gaining ...

Open 24 hours a day, the family-run bathhouse draws locals with its wide range of baths, affordable meals, and the founder's philosophy of putting customers first. A public bathhouse in Osaka bills ...

As academics, we are used to dealing with exaggerations. We are not used to finding that the story is pure fiction. But that is the nature of the comfort-women-sex-slave story. It's been a bizarrely ...

Native to Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture, the endangered animal is one of only two native wildcats in Japan — with the other being the Tsushima leopard cat in Nagasaki Prefecture. Recently I ...