The Legislative Council, an advisory entity for the justice minister, proposed toughening punishments for acts of dangerous ...

Akita Senshu Museum of Art in the city of Akita is running a special exhibition called “Enjoying Art by Gazing” that focuses ...

Across Japan, a total of 896 people nationwide had their driver’s licenses suspended for riding a bicycle while under the influence of alcohol between January and September this year, up from just two ...

Shortly after the powerful earthquake off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture hit the Tohoku region and Hokkaido on Monday night, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi went inside the Prime Minister’s Office ...

NHK faces a severe business environment, including a growing tendency for people not to watch television and a decline in subscription contracts. It is hoped that the broadcaster’s new president will ...

Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki on Wednesday announced his approval for the restart of the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido ...

The fire started on my birthday,” says taxi driver Simon Rodriguez, hauling jugs of water out of the back of a car four ...

The powerful earthquake that struck late on Monday, with its epicenter off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture, occurred in ...

The Japan NewsNoodles with pork chashu and wontons By Futoshi Mori / Japan News Senior Writer [posttime] JST, [postdate] I ...

This year’s Nobel Prize winners from Japan, Shimon Sakaguchi and Susumu Kitagawa, both aged 74, will attend the award ...

Following the death of a pregnant woman who was struck by a car in May, the Aichi prefectural assembly is expected to pass an ...

TOTO Ltd. announced on Tuesday that cumulative sales of its ‘Washlet’ warm-water electric bidet toilet seats surpassed 70 ...