The increased focus on foreign travelers follows the death of a Hong Kong woman on the outskirts of Otaru. The 61-year-old ...

The Yomiuri Giants were forced indoors by rain for the second straight year, but it didn’t dampen their spirits on the opening day of spring training camps for Japan pro baseball’s 12 teams on ...

All 12 Nippon Professional Baseball teams began their spring training workouts Saturday, with many of them in indoor ...

Arsenal have been charged for failing to control their players, who surrounded referee Michale Oliver when Myles Lewis-Skelly ...

A bureau chief who oversaw police investigations into Aum Shinrikyo said he feels responsible for the “indecision” on a crackdown that allowed the cult to commit its deadly gas attack in Tokyo in 1995 ...

A Thai PhD student went missing on Kyushu Island, Japan. She was last seen near her university at around 10am on January 23.

In addition to fine dining and unforgettable restaurants, the city is also home to one-of-a-kind cocktail bars, unique museums and a world-class arts district that everyone should explore at least ...

The strawberry picking season has arrived. A tourist farm in the city of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, is busy with visitors.

A theme park in central Japan featuring characters and scenes from Studio Ghibli's animation films such as "My Neighbor ...

To address this challenge, a research team led by Professor Tatsuo Nozaki (Waseda University, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), The University of Tokyo ... the Makimine ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

Hayao Miyazaki is the face of Studio Ghibli, but this other founder is the director behind two of Studio Ghibli’s most ...