The Chigasaki Municipal Government in Kanagawa Prefecture, known for letting its employees work in aloha shirts, has moved to ...

A bill to revise the Code of Criminal Procedure and reform Japan's retrial system has been submitted to the Diet. The ruling ...

A 46-year-old woman who lost her younger sister, Haruka, in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake sowed "Haruka's Sunflowers" ...

A cherry tree believed to be of a new cultivated species was found on the premises of Kumamoto Castle here, and the municipal ...

At an event held in this eastern Japan city on May 17, four foreign residents from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam shared ...

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Experts say "heat acclimation" is important to stop heatstroke. Heat acclimation means making the body used to heat. Read the ...

Artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia's quarterly results surpassed Wall Street's expectations once again, fueled by ...

The Nikkei stock index surged over 2 percent early on Thursday, as hopes for a settlement in the Middle East grew after U.S.

Capsule vending machine items made from recycled acrylic panels that were used as protective barriers during the COVID-19 pa ...

Heavy rain poured down on Suwon Sports Complex on Wednesday evening as hundreds of football fans gathered to watch the f ...

A Japanese quasi-government body overseeing the disposal of nuclear waste said Wednesday it has commenced a survey on the ...