A 17-year-old passenger in a car being driven by a 16-year-old student without a license died after suffering severe injuries ...

A proposal by Yamanashi Prefecture to build a light rail connection to the fifth station on Mt. Fuji has been given up amid ...

Three Japanese entertainment industry groups are calling for the appropriate use of generative artificial intelligence in the ...

A Buddhist priest who was drafted by the Japanese military and endured horrendous conditions, including witnessing the deaths ...

Over half of Japan's sporting bodies have taken measures against nonconsensual capturing and sharing of sexualized images of ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Typhoon Man-yi left at least seven people dead in a landslide, destroyed scores of houses and ...

The leaders of the Group of 20 economies will kick off a two-day meeting on Monday in Brazil to tackle a range of global cha ...

There are estimated to be around 840,000 children in Japan with a mother or father of foreign nationality. However, the actual number of people with foreign roots is believed to be higher since this ...

A drunk passenger was shut inside the last train of the day on a Nagoya subway line and remained there for about five hours ...

Former Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito secured reelection in Sunday's gubernatorial election in western Japan, held after he lost ...

Starting in the 2025 school year, summer break will be extended by four days at all 38 public elementary and junior high ...