The Chiba District Court has handed down a suspended sentence to a 78-year-old man accused of killing his severely intellectually disabled 44-year-old son, whom he was caring for at home. The court ...

The Imperial Household Agency announced that Princess Aiko, the only daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, ...

A Japanese preschool exchange programme is attracting Hong Kong families who hope to expose their children to new cultural ...

Japanese conglomerate Mitsui is spending 18 billion Yen ($121 million) to acquire a hyperscale data center as the seed asset ...

The students were largely drawn to Chinese due to their interest in Chinese culture. "Japan and China are geographically close and share many cultural similarities. That intrigued me and sparked my ...

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)'s organized crime division announced March 11 the arrest of four men on suspicion of ...

YOKOHAMA—No ghosts haunt the “phantom” automat located in a corner of Kannai Station along the Yokohama Municipal Subway.

Manga and anime creators love to use real-life locations as inspiration, and fans can actually visit these iconic anime ...

The team, everybody is welcoming,” said Tomoyuki Sugano. Tomoyuki Sugano is a three-time Central League Most Valuable Player ...

A symposium to deepen understanding of the “special city” system that Yokohama is aiming to legislate was held at a residents ...

TOKYO: The first windowless gondola lift in Japan has been introduced at Hakone Ropeway in the Hakone hot spring resort in Kanagawa Prefecture, beginning operations on Monday (March 10) for a limited ...

KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--For third-grader Yuki Harasawa, a video on YouTube about plastic waste was the last straw. She ...