It may not be as well-known as Kyoto but Kizugawa is also home to loads of historical temples and sites, including six ...

WAKAYAMA—Wakayama prefectural police announced on Nov. 5 that a body found off the coast of the Kada district in Wakayama has ...

Share prices and bond yields surged Wednesday as the Republican party gained control of the Senate and former President ...

When an earthquake occurred on Sept. 24 in the waters near Torishima island, it set off a sense of urgency at the Japan ...

KYOTO—A railway operator is ferrying tourists through a tunnel of illuminated golden maple leaves in a seasonal nighttime ...

Facing the Seto Inland Sea, this city is famous for Jinnein and Kannonji, the 68th and 69th temples of the 88 Shikoku pilgrimage route.

People’s preferences for Japanese sweet potatoes, now in season, have shifted from fluffy textures to sweeter, creamier varieties.

YOKOHAMA—The Yokohama DeNA BayStars completed a remarkable playoff run by trouncing the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 11-2 on Nov. 3 ...

Support for constitutional amendment among newly elected Lower House members has dropped to 67 percent, the lowest level ...

The Udon Helmet was developed by Kawasaki Kako KK, a manufacturer of plastic products based in Kanonji, Kagawa Prefecture, which used its plastic processing technologies and playful sensibilities when ...

The number of elementary and junior high school students marked as “absent” after missing 30 days or more hit a record 346,482 in the 2023 school year, according to a survey released on Oct. 31.

The head of small opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi was accused of discrimination against foreigners after he posted a video of himself deliberately speaking broken Japanese.