More than 10 percent of voters want four of six Supreme Court justices removed from the bench, according to a national review ...

The economy ministry has lifted its restrictive bathroom policy for a transgender employee in her 50s, telling her on Nov. 8 ...

Search efforts are under way after a crew member of a Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper went missing when the vessel ...

Bitchu Matsuyama Castle here is transformed into a dreamlike “castle in the sky” this season, as thick clouds appear to form natural walls around the fortress.

An autumn-themed exhibition is running at the Art Aquarium Museum Ginza in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, immersing visitors in a ...

The Burrn! music magazine marked the 40th anniversary of its foundation despite finding itself in a jam over drastic changes ...

KOBE--Former Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito trails the front-runner in a gubernatorial election called after he left the post ...

NAGOYA—After a deluge of criticism, the leader of the Conservative Party of Japan retracted his suggestion that subjecting ...

Dubbed the “Venice of the East” on social media and elsewhere, the city is not in danger of sinking but is working to ...

Man is compared to a thinking reed, “ashi” in Japanese while the humble octopus is often likened to thinking legs, also “ashi ...

An election to name Japan’s 103rd prime minister will be held in the afternoon at a special Diet session that convened on Nov ...

Fishing operations are finally back to normal, well almost, at the port of Wajima in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, following ...