SAPPORO--Shinichiro Ando, the victim of a vicious bear attack a few years ago, says insufficient support measures have ...

MITO--Yasuko Yasuhara, once a top party hostess in this Ibaraki prefectural capital, made an inevitable career shift as she ...

Vertical solar panels, while now a rare sight on farmland in Japan, in this case a rice paddy, look set to transform the ...

OSAKA—The master pyrotechnicians behind the Omagari fireworks festival, Japan’s most prestigious fireworks competition, lit ...

After Japan’s first execution of a prisoner in almost three years, the European Union and other countries responded with a ...

Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the number of officially recognized survivors has fallen ...

Masanori Kin ran for a seat in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly on a policy of eliminating discrimination and promoting ...

Emperor Naruhito hopes that his visit to Mongolia to commemorate Japanese wartime detainees who died there under harsh ...

The cutting-edge elementary particle observation facility here where it is hoped proton decay will be observed for the first time is on track to open in 2028 with a giant underground cavity nearing ...

A relentless series of earthquakes has shaken Akusekijima island here in the remote Tokara island chain, causing sleepless ...

A drone-based tsunami detection is taking shape along this famed surfing coastline to ensure a speedy evacuation of beach-goers in an emergency.

Eleven individuals, including three Japanese nationals, were sentenced to prison here over chemical pollution caused by a ...