U.S. engineer Jonathan Knight spent five years perfecting his fusion of audio gear and Wajima lacquerware here.

KYIV--The foreign ministers of Japan and Ukraine expressed grave concerns about the deployment of North Korean troops ...

Tokyo Tower is celebrating the holiday season once again with illuminations that transformed the 333-meter-high landmark in ...

A private-sector panel made up of academics, legislators and other experts has called for a fundamental review of the problem ...

NAHA--Five years ago, historic Shuri-jo Castle here was reduced to a smoldering ruin after a catastrophic fire left people ...

Takuya Matsunaga’s emotional state had plunged to depths where he harbored thoughts of suicide and experienced graphic ...

When sportswriter Kazumasa Ota was assigned overseas to cover the Los Angeles Angels in 2022, he didn't want the plum ...

This farming town of around 9,300 people has learned it needs financial help to accommodate the 2 million tourists who flood ...

Visitors to Kurobe Gorge, a popular tourist destination renowned for its stunning autumn foliage, can access a previously ...

The No. 1 reactor at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, which is the oldest operating nuclear ...

The Diet on Nov. 11 elected Shigeru Ishiba, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, as the 103rd prime minister of Japan ...

The CEO of U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia Corp. expressed high hopes for Japan’s role in the artificial intelligence ...