Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture has unveiled a proposal for its airport to become the third flight hub in the central Kanto region ...

Declining birth rates see business slump heralding introduction of nurses dressed as maids, French-style clinic cafes, ...

Marking 80 years since the Tokyo air raids of World War II claimed approximately 100,000 lives, people gathered from the ...

Ozeki Onosato clinched his third career Emperor's Cup with a championship-deciding playoff victory over rank-and-file ...

Tours to the United States allowing Japanese massage therapists and others to undergo anatomical training involving the use of donated bodies, available only in Japan to medical students, have stirred ...

The definition of "hikikomori"—people who avoid social participation and generally stay at home—according to criteria used by ...

Ibaraki Prefectural Police have arrested a 45-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of murdering his 65-year-old mother, whose skeletal remains were found wrapped in a blue tarp in a field in the town ...

A sinkhole accident in Yashio is believed to have been caused by damage to an underground sewage pipe. Read more at ...

With the number of foreigners working in Japan increasing, the highest increases are being seen not in urban but in rural areas, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey.

The 18-year-old prince, nephew of Emperor Naruhito and second in line to the throne, is scheduled to enter the University of Tsukuba in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, next month.

The airport in Omitama, Ibaraki prefecture, north of Tokyo, served some 750,000 passengers in fiscal 2023, close to the target of 810,000 set when it began operating. Management hopes to raise the ...

After 2024 set a new record for tourist numbers in Japan, Rob Goss recommends switching out the biggest draws for these ...