As I walked down a narrow path on the edge of an onsen spa town in Izunokuni, Shizuoka Prefecture, the sound of a shamisen ...

A carpet of pale blue nemophila flowers has reached peak bloom, delighting visitors to the Hitachi Seaside Park in ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that he had not expected U.S. President Donald Trump to participate in the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. “At 7:35 ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average dropped more than 1% on Monday, weighed down by a stronger yen that pressured exporters, while ...

More and more university students are teaching children with foreign roots the Japanese language, and working to create ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will visit Washington from Tuesday through Sunday to attend the G20 finance leaders’ ...

It may be possible that a new infectious disease may be lurking within the symptoms of the common cold that everyone has ...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Two-way star Shohei Ohtani is now a father. The Los Angeles Dodgers slugger posted on Instagram on ...

An event celebrating the blossoming of cherry trees is being held at Gappo Park in Aomori Prefecture through April 29.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made a ritual “masakaki” tree offering to Yasukuni Shrine at the start of the war-related Tokyo ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Sunday of creating a false appearance of honoring an Easter ...