Women's shogi player Ichiyo Shimizu, who holds a seventh-dan ranking in the game, has been appointed as the new president of ...

Mudskippers are jumping repeatedly in the tidal flats of the city of Ogi, Saga Prefecture, facing the Ariake Sea. It is the ...

A veterinarian in Mie Prefecture who treated cats infected with an ixodid tick-borne disease has died from the same illness, ...

Japan has asked eight countries and regions to block its residents from accessing licensed online casino websites, a ...

Members of a family who run a formerly Michelin-starred restaurant in western Japan were arrested Monday for ignoring an ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba embarked on a four-day trip to Canada on Sunday to attend the first in-person summit o ...

Tokyo stocks rose Monday morning, boosted by exporter shares on a weaker yen, with the U.S. dollar climbing on prospects of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump could meet in Canada on Monday on the sidelines of the ...

What unusual prize was recently introduced at a crane game in an amusement center in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture?

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Leaders of some of the world's biggest economic are arriving in the Canadian Rockies on Sunday for a Group of Seven summit, ...