SHIZUOKA, Japan (Bernama-Kyodo): A "pocket park" in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, has been recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's smallest, measuring just 0.24 square metre with ...

These "pigeon people" were writers from a Japanese blog who staged the scene as a publicity stunt when they learned Google's Street View team would be photographing their area. The image quickly ...

TOKYO - A Self-Defence Force training aircraft crashed after taking off from a military base in central Japan, Chief Cabinet ... aircraft likely carried two people on board. The local fire ...

Osaka will become the first region in Japan to ban people aged 65 and above from using ATMs while on mobile phones. The move is aimed at curbing phone-based fraud that targets the elderly ...

The Japanese government said Friday that the remains of three Ainu Indigenous people that were kept at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland will be returned to Japan. The three skulls are set ...

TOKYO -- This year, many people in Japan will stay home during Golden Week. This is mostly because prices are going up and to avoid crowded places. Read the full English article Read the original ...

Tokyo, April 29 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government announced Tuesday a list of 3,990 individuals recognized in this year's spring honors, including former Prime Minister Naoto Kan and former ...

Japanese custard pudding, or purin, is a very popular treat that has a texture between crème brûlée and flan. In Japan, people eat raw ... Tochigi, Shizuoka, Toyama. I think we’re going ...

Public transport service providers and other concerns in Japan are introducing artificial intelligence to categorise and catalogue lost items and provide information on where to return them.

A man with a knife slashed two passengers on a train stopping at a Tokyo subway station during the evening rush on Wednesday, and their injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, Japanese ...