Yamanashi Prefectural Police are ramping up their vigilance against corn thefts, a specialty product of this central Japan city, with its peak ...

I have a thing for ferries. Not the stomach-churning Devon to France crossings as a kid in the UK, bunged in the back of a Ford Escort with the cornflakes and tea bags. But the little ferries that ...

The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

The remark came in the midst of a rice shortage that has infuriated voters. “Frankly, my supporters give me quite a lot of ...

Around 280 Bangladeshi migrant workers are demanding unpaid wages from a Malaysian firm which was a supplier to big Japanese ...

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Yellow small chrysanthemums, used to garnish sashimi and other dishes, are being harvested in the city of Toyohashi, Aichi ...

A tragic accident in Saitama shows how aging pipes, soft soil and climate threats are straining the country’s infrastructure.

Not everywhere in Japan is suffering from overtourism, says Kate Crockett – the rural Noto Peninsula is welcoming tourists ...

As a teenager growing up in Tokyo, Madoka Koguchi attended a Japanese production of the musical “Cats.” The performance left ...

BYD's smallest EV under development surfaces with new spy shots hinting at something electric for the right-hand-drive ...

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