I’m just hoping and praying Japan takes these concerns seriously and works on possible solutions at how to deal with this ...

A Japanese businessman, who was convicted earlier this week by a Chinese court for engaging in spying, provided information to an intelligence agency and received rewards, sources familiar with ...

Do you feel overwhelmed trying to keep your home in Japan clean? Are you tired of chasing dust bunnies in your mansion or scrubbing the mold off the walls of your bathroom? Honestly, there’s nothing ...

It is cold, hard, metallic and commonly associated with pain. Not a mediaeval torture instrument, but the vaginal speculum used every day around the world for essential gynecological exams. Two ...

You can win all kinds of things from crane games in Japan, from slices of cake to not-so-precious gemstones. So, it’s perhaps only mildly surprising that the National Police Agency issued a warning ...

Police in Kamiichi town, Toyama Prefecture, have arrested an 80-year-old man on suspicion of fatally stabbing his 79-year-old wife at their home. According to police, Kosaku Oze stabbed his wife Kyoko ...

Police in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 42-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of fatally stabbing his 68-year-old mother with whom he lived. According to police, Ryohei Fujishiro is ...

In Japan, where the youth understand war only through history books or in news headlines, a unique experience aims to promote dialogue about peace through a glimpse of life in Hiroshima before the ...

Police in Sapporo have arrested a 30-year-old man and his 26-year-old wife on suspicion of parental neglect after they left their three young children at home for 6 1/2 hours while they went out ...

Police in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, have arrested a 15-year-old high school boy on suspicion of attempted murder after he hit his 47-year-old father over the head with a golf club. According ...

A woman uses a battery-operated portable fan to cool herself in Tokyo on Thursday.

Disneyland is celebrating 70 years of being “The Happiest Place on Earth.” The summerlong festivities in southern California include the opening of “Walt Disney – A Magical Life,” a show featuring a ...