The Foreign Ministry plans to move up its schedule for placing security guards on school buses for Japanese schools in China, ...

Marumiya Corp. announced that it will recall about 15,000 of its pre-packaged ingredient boxes for making kamameshi rice ...

The Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA), an external bureau of the Defense Ministry, plans to develop a new ...

Former lawmaker Masatoshi Akimoto on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges of taking bribes from an offshore wind power ...

The background art from Studio Ghibli’s animated film “Kimitachi wa Do Ikiru ka?” (The Boy and the Heron) is the focus of a ...

A wake was held for Princess Yuriko of Mikasa in the main hall of the princess’ residence in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Sunday ...

The communications ministry plans to create a database of digitally savvy human resources to help local governments hire such ...

A woman works in a smoking hut with hundreds of daikon radishes hanging from the ceiling in Yokote, Akita Prefecture.

Veteran right-hander Masahiro Tanaka, facing a massive pay cut from the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, asked for and was granted his ...

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the ...

Visitors stroll under trees with peak autumn colors at Sanzen-in temple in Kyoto. The ancient capital of Japan, which ...

The Yomiuri ShimbunImproving disaster preparedness by simulating experiences By Kenji Iwaasa / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer ...