A ceremony was recently held in this southwestern Japan city to honor foreign prisoners of war who were detained at a local ...

A daughter of Yomiuri Giants pro baseball team manager Shinnosuke Abe consulted ChatGPT before reporting his alleged assault ...

Sexual misconduct is occurring frequently in medical settings in Japan. Stronger measures are needed to prevent harm to ...

A crowdfunding campaign to support "matchmaking" between a male orangutan at a zoo in Ehime Prefecture and a female brought ...

A restaurant offering re-created dishes from anime and manga has opened in this central Japan city, allowing customers to ...

A Japanese American woman whose ancestor emigrated to Hawaii about 130 years ago from southwest Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture ...

Shinnosuke Abe, manager of the Yomiuri Giants, has stepped down following his arrest on suspicion of assaulting his daughter, ...

The widow of a Ministry of Finance employee who took his own life in distress after being forced to tamper official documents concerning the ...

Japan's easternmost island, Minamitori Island, is drawing attention as the site of test mining for rare earth elements from ...

A business owner in Japan is determined to preserve the domestic charcoal industry, which has experienced a significant ...

North Korea launched multiple close-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, the la ...

Japanese actress Tao Okamoto said Tuesday that she has yet to "fully grasp" the reality and historical significance of ...