A new bell has been installed in Urakami Cathedral’s twin bell towers, with the previous one having been destroyed in the ...

Nissan Motor Co., which has been restructuring its operations, has decided on large-scale closures of its domestic plants for the first time in a quarter of a century. The company should minimize the ...

Aging infrastructure, including bridges, roads and sewerage, could lead to serious accidents, and the issue cannot be left unattended. A long-term strategy must be devised for how to proceed with its ...

The original copy of the “Imperial Rescript of the Termination of the War” will be shown at a special exhibition held at the National Archives of Japan in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, starting Saturday.

A Japanese high court branch Friday acquitted a 60-year-old man in a high-profile retrial over the 1986 murder of a ...

Chinese customs authorities have granted permission for the import of 449 fisheries items from Japan, such as scallops, tuna ...

Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito was discharged from the University of Tokyo Hospital on Friday after receiving an additional oral treatment for his heart.

A vital quake-damaged road including a tunnel reopened on Thursday after being closed for 18 months following the Noto ...

Azuma Kagami Yuki no Midare (“Touken Ranbu: Disturbance in Snow as Described in Azuma Kagami”), a kabuki adaptation of the ...

President Donald Trump recently had a medical checkup after noticing “mild swelling” in his lower legs and was found to have ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average slipped from a more than two-week high to trade lower on Friday as investors weighed the outcome ...

An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people ...