Wednesday marks 23 years since five Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea were returned to Japan. However, other ...

Japan's political maneuvering has intensified ahead of the Diet vote on the country's next prime minister. The ruling Liberal ...

Japan faces an unusually early and severe seasonal influenza outbreak, exceeding epidemic thresholds. Concerns rise for wider ...

S/ Tamaki Yuichiro, leader of the Democratic Party for the People: It’s time to decide how we’ll nominate the next ...

More tourists are coming to Japan, and some shops now have tip boxes. But tipping is still not common in Japan.

Japan's toy market is getting bigger, even though fewer children are being born. Old toys and characters from the Heisei era ...

On the northern island of Hokkaido, a female bear was destroyed on the morning of October 13, in the capital city of ...

Japan will open an English-speaking support office for foreign asset management firms seeking to do business in the country in January, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday, as it aims to boost ...

Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children. This is perfect material for ...

Japan complete a superb second-half turnaround to secure a first-ever victory over Brazil in their international friendly in ...

Buddies founder Carna Terada, right, grins as volunteer Jess Carbutt offers a treat to one of the pet adoption group's ...

Eight thousand kochia plants have turned red at Biwako Hakodateyama park in the city of Takashima, Shiga Prefecture. The ...