Enjoy chapter two of author and lawyer Shin Ushijima's latest novel, lifting the veil on powerful influences reshaping ...

Highlights included Asian Games events in Nagoya, where the couple watched a women's basketball match, and a visit to Ghibli ...

Mizuki Tanaka is one of only three artists in Japan who paint bathhouse murals. At 43, she's the youngest—and determined to ...

Yokozuna Onosato snapped a two-match losing streak on the final day of the Autumn Basho, beating ozeki Aonishiki to secure ...

Language is her generation's bridge to people, ideas, dreams, and opportunities, and communication comes before perfection in ...

Chestnut tiger butterflies have arrived at a Kobe botanical garden, where they can be seen among fragrant eupatorium until ...

The typhoon brought torrential rain and flooding to eastern Japan, particularly Chiba and Kanagawa, leaving homes damaged and ...

Tokyo's Meguro Ward will expand its street smoking ban ward-wide next month, adding new smoking booths and patrols in ...

At 98, Herbert Blomstedt is one of classical music's most respected conductors, drawing on decades of trust built quietly ...

Rising oil prices and expectations of further Federal Reserve tightening are pushing global bond yields higher, now affecting ...

Yokosuka, known for its harbor and US military presence, is restoring a satoyama where people, agriculture, and nature ...

A national policy reversal is now letting municipalities effectively outlaw private lodging near homes, as Tokyo's largest ...