Compact appliances that maximize limited living space are gaining popularity in Japan as soaring housing prices make larger ...

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi -- A fifth-grade girl from this central Japan city passed Grade 1 of the "Eiken" English language ...

The Tadami River in Japan's Oku-Aizu region is famous for its billowing mist from June to September, for those lucky enough ...

In a small basement theater in Osaka's bustling Minami district, comedians from Japan and overseas are giving foreign ...

A large typhoon was moving closer to eastern Japan's Pacific coast Monday, bringing heavy rain to the Tokyo area and ...

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Two people were confirmed dead in Chiba Prefecture on Tuesday, local authorities said, a day after a typhoon brought heavy rain to th ...

Under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations this week facing new fears that run ...

In an agricultural area of Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan surrounded by rice paddies, local utility Kyushu Electric ...

Yokozuna Onosato maintained the outright lead at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday, improving to 8-1 with a ...

Otemachi Tower was finished in 2014. About one-third of its 10,000-square-meter site is green space. The site has trees that stay green all year and trees that lose leaves. The company says it has 208 ...