A bipartisan group of Japanese lawmakers decided on Tuesday to propose establishing a specialized department to deal with unidentified flying objects (UFOs) to the government.

MATSUE — A bus tour themed on writer Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), also known as Koizumi Yakumo, an... Inui Street, famed for ...

Left-hander Haruto Kawamoto struck out 15 and allowed just six hits in going the distance, but wasn’t assured of the victory until Osaka Toin’s seventh-inning uprising.

Tea growers prayed for a good harvest on Sunday in Shizuoka during a memorial ceremony for Shoichikokushi, a 13th-century ...

An opposition party should put forward clear ideals and a vision for the nation, present alternative proposals to the government and ruling parties, and engage in constructive debate. Only such a ...

The bursting of a pipe injured five workers, some seriously, at Hyper-Kamiokande, a facility for observing neutrinos and other elementary particles being constructed in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, at about ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was forced to give up on passing the fiscal 2026 budget proposal within fiscal 2025, a priority she had strongly pursued since the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s ...

The Air Self-Defense Force is conducting joint training with the U.S. and Dutch air forces using the F-35A state-of-the-art stealth fighter at Misawa Air Base in Misawa, Aomori Prefecture.

Japan will introduce the “blue ticket” system for cyclists on Wednesday, allowing riders who commit relatively minor traffic violations to avoid criminal punishment by paying fines.

Chubu Electric Power Co. submitted a report to nuclear regulators on Tuesday detailing earthquake risk data fraud involving its Hamaoka nuclear power station in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and visiting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday agreed on the need to calm the Middle East situation early to ensure safe ship navigation through ...

Japan’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in February declined 0.1 percentage point from the previous month to 2.6 pct, marking its first drop in seven months, the internal affairs ministry said ...