KITAYAMA, Wakayama Prefecture--Thrill-seekers take note: The season for white water rafting on the Kitayamagawa river is now ...

Once dismissed as outdated and having little value, kimono from the postwar era are now being re-evaluated for their rich ...

The Japan Shogi Association elected its first female president in its 101-year history. Ichiyo Shimizu, 56, who holds a 7-dan ...

WASHINGTON--Japan and the United States failed to find common ground in their fifth round of talks on Washington’s high ...

The Tokyo Bay Grand Fireworks Festival, a summer treat last held in 2015, is returning next year as part of a special ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s high tariffs levied on imports are tossing the world around and leading to irreversible global ...

The Japan Sumo Association launched a new era in the sport on May 28, making Onosato's promotion official to the highest rank ...

Shigeo Nagashima, a true giant in Japanese baseball and one of the country’s most popular athletes, died of pneumonia at a ...

SAKAI, Osaka Prefecture--City authorities gave the go-ahead for trial balloon rides at ancient burial grounds here from early ...

When Masaya Kobayashi moved to Tokyo after graduating from a college in Kanazawa, he thought about renting an apartment at ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba appears willing to dissolve the Lower House and call a snap election before opposition parties ...

Rice shortages are pushing food banks to the brink of closure and threatening to hurt the most needy in society.