The Japanese archipelago was covered by a Pacific high-pressure system on June 17, resulting in intense heat across a wide ...

A 31-year-old man in the eastern Japan city of Saitama near Tokyo, who had been arrested on suspicion of theft, was served ...

Ippei Mizuhara, a former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, is in U.S. federal prison, prison ...

Two months into Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, ticket sales have picked up, with daily visitor numbers trending upward. Every day ...

Nearly 80% of researchers in the field of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) who have legally changed ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung will meet Tuesday on the fringes of the ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the Ministry of the Environment have issued a "heatstroke alert" for Chiba, Ibaraki ...

The rule allowing fixed-term academic employees to switch to indefinite employment after 10 years is a serious factor in ...

The Bank of Japan decided Tuesday to further reduce its monthly government bond purchases beyond April next year, but at a ...

Shohei Ohtani gave up a pair of two-strike hits and a run in his Los Angeles Dodgers pitching debut against the San Diego ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday discussed issues on the ...

Bullet train services on a route between Tokyo and northeastern Japan were suspended Tuesday while an inspection was carried ...