Thieves continue tormenting bonsai growers across Japan, snatching the increasingly popular trees for sales abroad or, in ...

Shohei Ohtani continues to find new ways to win baseball games and awards. And in doing so, he has changed the rules of the ...

OSAKA—Authorities here are seeking to prosecute a zookeeper who is suspected of repeatedly stealing food intended for the ...

WAKAYAMA—Details have emerged from a prosecutor’s harsh interrogation of the suspect in the bombing attack against former ...

With a sense of smell said to be 3,000 to 100 million times more powerful than humans, police dogs have long been essential ...

KYOTO--Kiyomizudera temple here, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has kicked off its special autumn nighttime viewing, ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba displayed his diplomatic inexperience during a recent visit to South America to attend two ...

This year’s Nobel Prizes were a “watershed moment” for artificial intelligence, according to Demis Hassabis, a co-winner of ...

SAPPORO--Protesters denounced as hate speech an event here that claims the Ainu people are not indigenous to Japan, which ...

Nuclear power accounted for 8.5 percent of Japan’s total electricity generation in fiscal 2023, the highest level since 2012, ...

SAITAMA—The Saitama District Court on Nov. 21 ordered a halt to a planned protest targeting Kurdish people in Japan, ruling ...

Japan is no longer using its natural cheese primarily for processed cheese slices. Its natural cheese products are now ...