Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito has come under suspicion that his campaign violated the Public Offices Election Act over a local PR ...

A 23-year-old man was convicted of dangerous driving and sentenced to eight years in prison on Nov. 28 for causing a 2021 ...

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea on Friday for talks with North Korean military and politica ...

Chemicals potentially harmful to human health, collectively known as PFAS, were detected in about 20 percent of tap water in ...

KUMAMOTO -- A total of 38 "confidential births," in which women with unplanned pregnancies give birth after only revealing ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he will strive to build consensus across party lines as his minority ...

Hitam, a lively black-and-white stray cat has been spayed and returned to the loving arms of Alvin, a parking attendant in ...

Every Wednesday, retiree Zhang Zhili travels an hour by bus to an education center, drawn by the pulsing rhythms of the ...

Major discount supermarket chain OK, based in the greater Tokyo area, opened its first store in west Japan's Kansai region on ...

The Kanagawa Prefectural Government is poised to stop providing female police officers with uniform skirts, as they are ...

Prefectural police here verbally instructed dozens of officers by Nov. 28 after several under Japan's drinking age of 20 who ...

A large helium balloon for display accidentally flew away from an event venue in this western Japan city on Nov. 27.