Japan’s Board of Audit found that 453 billion yen ($3 billion) in public money effectively went down the drain due to lax ...

Japanese seafood giant Maruha Nichiro Corp. said it scored a world-first in farming Pacific saury at a commercially viable ...

A sea anemone whose conical body resembles Mount Fuji is not only a new species but also part of a genus and family ...

FUKUSHIMA--Acoustic technology is being deployed in a city nature conservation area here to deter bear attacks following a ...

Kyoto has become so congested with tourists that organizers of school trips are opting to stay away from the ancient capital.

Recently released dramatic wartime footage here shows a kamikaze pilot parachuting out of his exploding aircraft and into the ...

In a landmark decision, the Sapporo Family Court ruled that a requirement mandating transgender individuals to alter the ...

A research team said it has discovered the oldest known pachycephalosaur, the so-called head-butting group of dinosaurs ...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will withdraw its “JICA Africa Hometown” initiative amid an unceasing wave ...

Japan and the United States have begun one of their largest-ever joint military exercises this month in a clear show of force ...

Back in Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture--a major production hub for katsuobushi--the reliance on migrant workers is also ...

An opposition party is drafting an anti-espionage legislative package that would regulate foreign influence and beef up Japan ...