SAITAMA - The Konosu Fireworks Festival, one of Japan's largest fireworks events, set a Guinness World Record for the number ...

TOKYO - In today's video, we have a look at the ongoing kabuki performances at the Heisei Nakamura-za theatre, set up this ...

OSAKA - Osaka's Midosuji boulevard and the Champs-Elysees in Paris have officially established a sister street partnership, ...

Corporate bankruptcies caused by labor shortages in Japan reached a record 240 cases in the first half of the current fiscal year, highlighting the growing financial strain on small businesses as ...

The government’s plan to cut the consumption tax on food is turning into a broader fight over public spending, ministerial accountability and whether Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi can keep her autumn ...

Two men were killed and eight others injured in separate accidents involving traditional danjiri festival floats in Osaka ...

TOKYO - Typhoon No. 29 was moving north-northeast near the Ogasawara Islands at very strong intensity as of 4 p.m. on October 12th, with forecasts indicating that the storm will turn further east and ...

A major new global project centered on the popular Japanese anime franchise Naruto was announced at New York Comic Con 2026, one of the world ...

TOKYO - Physical fitness among Japanese women in their 30s and 40s has been declining, according to the Sports Agency's ...

Japan is stepping up efforts to reduce its dependence on China for essential medicines and rare earth minerals, with ...

Highly poisonous mushrooms capable of causing severe skin damage through contact and even death if eaten are appearing in ...

Japan is expected to experience a warmer-than-normal winter as the El Nino phenomenon currently affecting the Pacific Ocean ...