SAPPORO—Amid towering snow and ice sculptures, ambitious curry bun venders will seek to set a new Guinness World Record by ...

As the strongest cold front of the winter moves into the skies over Japan, widespread heavy snowfall is predicted for regions ...

SoftBank Group Corp. announced on Feb. 3 that it has established a joint venture with U.S.-based OpenAI to provide artificial ...

The Diet's debate over making high school tuition free around the country is intensifying as the amounts and requirements to ...

TAIPEI--The South African government has given Taiwan a deadline of the end of March to relocate the island’s de facto ...

OSAKA—A 28-year-old man was arrested on Feb. 3 in connection with a dismembered body discovered last month in the ...

Japan's flagship H3 rocket put a key component of Japan's satellite navigation program to eventually wean the nation off its ...

Hospitals are facing serious financial difficulties as rising costs of goods and labor put increasing strain on their ...

Ogre-like figures with wild horns, colorful faces and toothy maws walked from home to home, warding ill fortune away from ...

In 1944, a year before the Pacific War ended, civilians on the home front suffered from severe food shortages as the fighting ...

KYOTO--Geisha scattered roasted soybeans to exorcise “evil spirits” and bring good fortune in the year ahead during a ...

NAGASAKI--Around 15,000 colorful lanterns have bathed the city of Nagasaki in dazzling color and light as the 30th Nagasaki ...