OSAKA--Osaka Kansai Expo 2025 kicked off April 12 with a spectacular opening ceremony in the presence of Emperor Naruhito, ...

HIROSHIMA--The city government here is changing how it goes about getting foreign dignitaries to attend its annual peace ...

When Yeung Sum co-founded the city's largest pro-democracy party more than 30 years ago, he knew building a democratic Hong ...

A new documentary film that depicts the long campaigns waged by two Okinawa governors against the concentration of U.S.

NAHA--A joint patrol involving Okinawa prefectural police and the U.S. military is to be mounted in the entertainment ...

More than 20,000 people who died at home alone in Japan last year were not found until more than eight days after their ...

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NARA—Of the six teenagers rushed to the hospital after being struck by lightning in a schoolyard during an evening soccer ...

The education ministry on April 10 tasked an expert advisory panel to look into establishing a new teaching system that can ...

The humble rice ball, eaten in Japan for thousands of years, is seemingly more popular now than ever, with specialty ...

After a three-and-a-half-hour interrogation, police officers wore down a 12-year-old girl and got her to “confess” to ...

Demand for lodgings in central Osaka is rising ahead of the Osaka Kansai Expo 2025, which opens on April 13. New hotels have ...