A nature photographer captured images of a striped snake molting in a rice paddy in Shiga Prefecture, a rare observation even ...

Fifty-three percent of voters feel that revisions are needed for Japan’s postwar Constitution, mainly to enhance security, while 39 percent believe changes are unnecessary, as Asahi Shimbun survey ...

Every time an earthquake occurs in Japan, social media sites are filled with posts saying things like: “There have been many ...

KYIV--A North Korean missile fired by Russia into Ukraine contained a hodgepodge of parts apparently made to resemble ...

More than 100 non-Japanese students were rejected under the specialized quota system for entry at Tokyo metropolitan ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday welcomed Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on his first visit to ...

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Horses scrambling up a steep slope emerged none the worse on May 4 after changes were made to a shrine festival in response ...

Shohei Ohtani went 4 for 4 with two home runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves, 5-1, on Sunday afternoon ...

GIFU--Restrictions on passenger numbers for cormorant fishing viewing boats will be lifted with the May 11 start of the ...

SINGAPORE--Asian stocks rose to their highest in over a year on Monday on renewed bets that the Federal Reserve would most ...

Japanese travel abroad remains largely sluggish across the board, but one country is showing signs of becoming a tourist ...