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SAPPORO -- The decapitated body of a man was found in a hotel room in Sapporo's Chuo Ward on July 2 with his head missing, sparking a murder investiga

A driver’s license is no longer required for motorized kick scooters, although people under the age of 16 will be banned from riding them.

Mount Fuji's climbing season started on Saturday as one of its four main hiking trails reopened and a ceremony was held to pray for the safety of climbers at a shrine on Japan's tallest and most iconic mountain. With Mount Fuji's three other trails set to reopen on July 10,…

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NAGOYA -- Security camera footage of a Sri Lankan woman who died while detained at an immigration facility here was shown for the first time at the Na

Japan's Diet has enacted a bill into law that paves the way for divorced parents to share custody of their children. The current system allows only either of the couple to exercise parental rights.

The SDP factory produces LCD panels for televisions, and its suspension will mean Japan no longer has the capacity to produce large panels.

In 2021, the government panel presented the proposals, which call for allowing female members to retain their Imperial Family status after marriage and for allowing male members in the paternal line of former Imperial Family branches to be adopted into the Imperial Family.

Tourism to Japan has been booming since pandemic-era border restrictions were lifted, and the government has been working hard to boost visitor numbers.

A Japan Airlines plane caught fire on the runway at Haneda Airport on Tuesday evening, and firefighting efforts are underway.

Across the rolling hills and misty mountains of medieval Japan echoes a name that conjures awe and intrigue - Musashi Miyamoto. Master swordsman, mystic philosopher, and author of the seminal Book of Five Rings, Musashi exemplified the pinnacle of samurai ideals. His life interweaves history and myt

Journey into the mysterious world of Japan's ninja masters - the stealth warriors who have captured the imagination for centuries. This educational video del...

One survey found Kishida’s ‘disapproval rate’ was at 79 per cent, the highest since the newspaper started conducting such polls more than seven decades ago.

The dynamic pricing scheme allows the prices of vending machine items to be raised when demand is high and lowered when sales are low.

The choice came as tax hikes and cuts were heavily covered in the news and discussed among policymakers.

All traces of a massive pop star once dubbed the “Japanese Madonna” are being scrubbed from the internet, some five years after she retired from public life at the age of 40....

As you might expect from a major railway hub for one of the country’s most visited cities, Kyoto Station is filled with souvenir stores. From sweets to miscellaneous goods, there’s such a wide selection on offer you’d think they have all the main products from Kyoto in stock, so when our reporter Udonko was planning a trip...

Negative reaction to unfair comparison between ryokan and hotel experiences prompts video takedown.

Dropping slow process in early clinical trials would make medicines available sooner

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The recent suicide of an actress from Japan's all-female musical theater company Takarazuka Revue was due to overworking and bullying

Japan's real wages dropped 2.4% in September from a year earlier.

Eruptions from an undersea volcano have apparently created an islet in the Ogasawara island chain more than 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean, officials said.