Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese survivors are increasingly f ...

A municipal assembly in Saitama Prefecture passed a resolution by majority vote urging an independent councilor to refrain ...

The annual National High School Baseball Championship is kicking off Aug. 5 at the famed Koshien stadium in Hyogo Prefecture ...

Eight of the 125 successful candidates in the July House of Councillors election believe Japan should arm itself with nuclear ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (TEPCO) has revised its schedule for decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear ...

Japan on Tuesday logged a new national record temperature of 41.8 C in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, exceeding the previous high ...

Close to 60% of cases of abuse targeting elderly people that were confirmed by local governments across Japan in fiscal 2023 ...

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural ...

Bandai Co.'s digital pet Tamagotchi, which will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2026, is experiencing a new wave of ...

Drought brought by a heatwave and light rainfall this summer have adversely affected rice plants, orchard trees, vegetables ...

Tokyo stocks rebounded Tuesday, boosted by easing concerns over a U.S. economic slowdown amid speculation the U.S. Federal ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to announce Tuesday a major shift in rice policy -- from curbing output to boosting it -- ...