People look at colorful decorations on Friday during the Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now unlikely to visit Japan and South Korea soon, government officials of the two East ...

Japan Day at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo was held on Thursday, one of many National Day during which each participating ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency stressed Thursday that rumors on social media about a possible major earthquake are “not ...

The Yomiuri ShimbunPrime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters about a series of earthquakes around the Tokara Islands ...

Early voting for the House of Councillors election began nationwide Friday. Election administration commissions are ...

At least 60 earthquakes measuring 1 or stronger on the Japanese seismic intensity scale have hit areas around the Tokara ...

Manga artist Shirow Masamune’s “The Ghost in the Shell” is said to have predicted the information society that we live in ...

The preservation society of Funehoko, one of the floats of the Gion Festival, held a Shinmen Aratame ritual to confirm the ...

Intricate costumes, bold makeup, stunning sets — the distinct characteristics of Japanese kabuki theater have become ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average inched higher on Friday, as chip-related stocks tracked a strong overnight performance on Wall ...

Part of an iconic residential capsule building in Tokyo’s Ginza district that was demolished in 2022 will be exhibited at the ...