About 468.4 billion yen ($ 3.1 billion), or approximately 30 percent, of special government loans extended to households that ...

In a rare crackdown on an artist’s live street performance, police referred a case to prosecutors on a female idol group’s ...

With International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach’s term expiring in June next year, seven candidates are competing ...

MATSUE—A local senior official of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party here has stirred controversy by expressing his dissatisfaction with the dominance of female candidates in Shimane Prefecture for ...

Along with delivering packages and parcels, postal vans here are now transporting another important cargo: elderly passengers ...

Visitors from around Japan and overseas continue to flow into the municipal Muroran Aquarium here for a look at Satsuki, a ...

MATSUYAMA--To attract pop culture fans from home and abroad, the city government has opened a website to introduce the ...

To promote J-pop on the global stage, five major organizations from Japan's music industry announced the creation of Music ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan has again rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the ...

Shirauo” icefish that were thought to have died out in the capital more than 50 years ago are in fact thriving in the mouth ...

The ruling coalition is in danger of losing its Lower House majority, as opposition parties have gained momentum ahead of the ...

Hello Kitty apparently has a close cousin in North Korea, with the ubiquitous character popping up on clothing in the ...