This sounds unusual: 10 cylindrical chambers have been built on a former rice terrace in the depths of the Kii Peninsula.

The Velvet House, a unique cafe here, is drawing visitors from all over Japan with its slogan “a queer feminist cafe for all.

The town of Shari is forever associated with the Shiretoko Peninsula, designated as a World Natural Heritage site. But to a ...

NAGASAKI--Many of the victims of this city’s atomic bombing initially found solace in the thought their deaths would be a ...

This is part of a series on hibakusha who responded to a survey by The Asahi Shimbun, The Chugoku Shimbun and The Nagasaki ...

Declassified U.S. documents show that Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi agreed in the late 1950s to allow the United States to ...

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office has reversed its previous decision to refrain from persecuting an aide of Koichi ...

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration imposed an additional 15 percent tariff on all Japanese imports on Aug. 7, denying an ...

Tensions ran high among residents and visitors after tsunami warnings were issued along Japan’s Pacific coast on July 30 ...

NAGASAKI--Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki called for an immediate ceasefire in military conflicts around the world during a ...

Mitsuharu Fukazawa, who has devoted himself to the development of UFO Catchers at Sega over the course of more than two ...

More than just making a fashion statement, the uniforms worn by volunteer staff at the Osaka Kansai Expo are spreading a ...