The government plans to expand financial assistance to municipalities that currently do not provide school lunches at their ...

A NASCAR exhibition took place at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture as an exchange of auto culture between Japan and the United States.

Calls are growing in South Korea for tougher drunk driving penalties following a series of accidents involving foreign ...

The Environment Ministry and the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) will begin offering greenhouse gas ...

Koike-ya Inc., a popular manufacturer of potato chips and other snack foods, recently held a grand opening ceremony for a new ...

Aibo robot dogs took part in a Shichi-go-san festival, which celebrates the growth of children at 3, 5 and 7 years old, on Saturday at Sarutahiko Mikawa Shrine in Kota, Aichi Prefecture.

A woman in her 40s was stabbed in the left side of her abdomen and other areas by a man with a knife outside a live music venue in the basement of a commercial building in the Akasaka district of ...

The Yamanote Line in November marked its 100th year since the train began operating as a loop line. Regarded as the “aorta of ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average fell in choppy trade on Monday, as tourism-related stocks tumbled amid an escalating diplomatic spat with China over Taiwan.

A hunter culled a bear that was climbing a tree near a municipal junior high school in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, on ...

Airlines anticipate the Federal Aviation Administration will end 3% domestic flight reductions at 40 major U.S. airports ...

Samsung Electronics 005390.KS, Hyundai Motor 005380.KS and other major South Korean manufacturers on Sunday unveiled domestic ...