The space between the two sinkholes that had already opened in a prefectural road in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, collapsed ...

Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold ...

A Japanese academic, who was based in Hong Kong for 25 years, and her British former colleague recently published a book investigating the lives of Japanese who were buried in a cemetery in the then ...

Someiyoshino cherry blossoms are expected to bloom March 21 in central Tokyo, the earliest bloom date this spring among urban ...

Many railroad fans gathered by the tracks on Wednesday to bid farewell to the Shinkansen inspection train nicknamed “Doctor ...

A ski resort in Gunma Prefecture that suffered a copper cable theft and became unable to operate many of its ski lifts, has ...

Toyota Motor sold 10.8 million vehicles in 2024, it said on Thursday, remaining the world’s top-selling automaker for a fifth ...

The government is working toward setting up a base for an “active cyber defense” system near the Defense Ministry head office ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stressed the importance of examining World War II at a symposium held in Tokyo on Wednesday, as ...

An aircraft went down near Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night, and all takeoffs and landings have been halted, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had been briefed on the “terrible accident” that occurred when a plane ...

The number of people who committed suicide in Japan fell to 20,268 in 2024, marking the second consecutive year of decline ...