OSAKA--The grounds of the Japan Mint in Osaka’s Kita Ward opened to the public on April 5 in an annual event to show off the ...

Tokyo and Washington went to great pains in 1996 to conceal the existence of a CIA office in Tokyo, saying that the news ...

A Wagyu beef producer and seller here is rapidly expanding its exports to the Islamic world, attracting considerable ...

A rising number of people who were abused by their parents as children are now struggling to care for them in their old age ...

Precision equipment manufacturer Shimadzu Corp. said it has created the world’s most accurate time device: a clock that won’t ...

KYOTO--Japanese on sightseeing trips seem to be avoiding key landmarks in this historic city due to the hordes of foreign ...

Disgraced celebrity Masahiro Nakai sexually assaulted a former announcer at Fuji Television Network Inc. in a “work-related” ...

Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton is not used to aiming lower. But he may need to as he adjusts to his first season with ...

A Japanese national may have been among hundreds of people who were inside an apartment building when it collapsed in the ...

About 3,200 rice growers and dairy farmers, some driving tractors, held a protest in downtown Tokyo on March 30, demanding ...

To support women facing unwanted pregnancies, a Tokyo hospital has launched a confidential birth program, becoming the second ...

KOCHI--The Harimayabashi bridge here, considered one of the three most disappointing sightseeing spots in Japan, has reopened ...