When Hook was a child, he started his days by jumping off the boat that his family lived on and into the ocean. By age 3, he ...

YAMAGATA--A hot spring resort in this prefecture renowned for its heavy snowfall is offering discounts in accommodation and ...

After dropping out of an elite junior high school in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Keita Noda transferred to a public school ...

Takayuki Akimoto can’t get into the Christmas spirit as he heads a group out to destroy what it views as Japan’s financially ...

This seaside city has grown in popularity as an on-location site for TV shows and commercials, thanks largely to an unmanned ...

KYOTO—A cafe owner who promotes universally accessible tourism is now providing a rental service for Whill, a personal ...

In a first, the suicide of a man who held two jobs was recognized as a work-related death based on the combined psychological ...

To combat the rising cases of shingles, a particular scourge for older adults,  the health ministry will add its vaccination ...

KYOTO--One stone statue of an enlightened Buddhist person here cradles a cat in its arms while another holds a book inscribed ...

When rice prices soared this summer due to a shortage, farm ministry officials insisted there was no supply-demand problem ...

The Cabinet Office’s panel of experts has compiled a draft final report on the future of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ).

SEOUL--South Korea’s parliament voted Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol over his short-lived martial law decree, a ...