Some retailers are perplexed by continuing rice shortages in Japan despite the release of government stockpiles, while ...

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The fishing season for Japanese flying squid in southern Hokkaido opened on June 1, but the first auction scheduled for early ...

A man was found collapsed and later died in Osaka Prefecture on Monday, prompting police to visit his home, where they found ...

A zookeeper demonstrated the daring task of brushing a hippo's teeth during a special event at Osaka Tennoji Zoo in this ...

Former yokozuna Hakuho is expected to hold a press conference on June 9 to announce his retirement from the Japan Sumo ...

Member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted an agreement at a general meeting that sets forth a response ...

A Japanese social media personality has been arrested for allegedly extorting a man out of 3 million yen ($21,000) in ...

Tokyo stocks fell Monday on selling fueled by growing concerns over ever-changing U.S. tariff policies after President Donald ...

Along the Nikaki River in the city of Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture, known as the "home of fireflies," Genji fireflies can now ...

A passenger car crashed through the fence on the side of a bridge and fell onto the shoulder of an expressway in this central ...

Japan's agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi thanked the private sector for swift sales of government stockpiled rice ...