A man who served seven years in prison after being found guilty of the 1986 murder of a junior high school student was ...

Ishiba, who heads the Liberal Democratic Party, has intensified his rhetoric on issues appealing to conservatives, a core LDP ...

With the population of foreign residents in Japan now reaching more than 3.76 million, policies on foreigners have emerged as ...

Lavender are now at their best at Kuju Flower Park in the city of Taketa, Oita Prefecture. The highland area, located at an ...

Ichika Kajimoto won Japan's first medal of the world aquatics championships in Singapore, taking bronze in the women's ...

The rainy season appears to have ended in the Kanto-Koshin region of eastern Japan, including Tokyo, as well as in the ...

The State Department is pulling back from commenting on or criticizing elections overseas unless there is a clear and ...

When the now 29-year-old woman left Vietnam for Japan, she left her three young children behind. She decided to come to Japan ...

A temple in southwestern Japan is drawing controversy and criticism for its recent decision to charge admission only to ...

Linear precipitation bands could form over the southwestern Japan prefectures of Nagasaki and Saga from early afternoon to ...

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