The view from a tiny observation deck on a small hill reveals a landscape of red-tiled roofs, a white sandy beach and the ...

NARA—The Nara National Museum has unveiled the details of its first full-scale exhibition devoted to national treasures, ...

SAPPORO--Protesters denounced as hate speech an event here that claims the Ainu people are not indigenous to Japan, which ...

Tokyo Tower is celebrating the holiday season once again with illuminations that transformed the 333-meter-high landmark in ...

U.S. engineer Jonathan Knight spent five years perfecting his fusion of audio gear and Wajima lacquerware here.

Voters in the Hyogo gubernatorial election were more focused on Motohiko Saito’s track record as governor than on the scandal ...

SAPPORO--With its rich pop culture heritage, the city is hosting an experience-based exhibition at the Shiroi Koibito Park’s ...

The relationship between neighboring countries tends to be dogged by a raft of sticky issues, which makes communication ...

LIMA--Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping here on the sidelines of the ...

BEIJING--A former student went on a stabbing rampage at a vocational college in eastern China, killing eight people and ...

NAGOYA—After a deluge of criticism, the leader of the Conservative Party of Japan retracted his suggestion that subjecting ...

A private-sector panel made up of academics, legislators and other experts has called for a fundamental review of the problem ...