The world's longest-serving death row inmate who has been acquitted in the 1966 murder of a family of four in Shizuoka ...

Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi said a woman he does not know had intruded into his parliamentary residence unit in ...

Weathernews released on January 29 its second forecasts of when Somei Yoshino cherry trees will bloom in Japan in ...

Seven candidates for the successor to Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee gave presentations behind closed doors at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland on January ...

Nippon TV has learned that Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering an official visit to Mongolia in July ...

A 58-year-old man has been arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police under the suspicion of sexually assaulting a ...

The Japanese government decided on January 28 to recommend archaeological sites in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, to ...

The death sentence for Aoba Shinji over the fatal arson attack on Kyoto Animation's studio has been finalized.Aoba set ...

A new massive sinkhole appeared on January 29, prompting officials to call on locals to evacuate as rescue efforts for ...

People in Hiroshima expressed disappointment that the Japanese government is considering not attending an upcoming ...

Rescue efforts for a driver continued after a truck fell into a 10-meter-deep sinkhole that appeared on a road in ...

Plum Festival kicked off at Atami Plum Garden in Shizuoka Prefecture on January 11. Atami Geisha also celebrated by giving a ...