A woman, 81, who died in her home in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, on Friday is believed to have been attacked by a bear, ...

A Toshima village-operated ferry carrying 13 residents of Akusekijima Island who wished to evacuate departed Friday morning ...

Early voting for the House of Councillors election began nationwide Friday. Election administration commissions are ...

People look at colorful decorations on Friday during the Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture ...

Japan Day at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo was held on Thursday, one of many National Day during which each participating ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency stressed Thursday that rumors on social media about a possible major earthquake are “not ...

The Yomiuri ShimbunPrime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters about a series of earthquakes around the Tokara Islands ...

Intricate costumes, bold makeup, stunning sets — the distinct characteristics of Japanese kabuki theater have become ...

At least 60 earthquakes measuring 1 or stronger on the Japanese seismic intensity scale have hit areas around the Tokara ...

Manga artist Shirow Masamune’s “The Ghost in the Shell” is said to have predicted the information society that we live in ...

The preservation society of Funehoko, one of the floats of the Gion Festival, held a Shinmen Aratame ritual to confirm the ...

The Roman Catholic Church has chosen an American-born cardinal as its new pope, and he has taken the name Leo XIV. Many of ...