Potentially harmful PFAS chemicals have been detected at high levels in rivers and groundwater across 22 of Japan's 47 prefectures, a government survey conducted in fiscal 2023 showed Friday. The ...

The central and local governments are increasingly interested in supporting bookstores after The Yomiuri Shimbun and Kodansha ...

Japan's defense minister says he plans to urge the new US ambassador to Japan to take steps to prevent sexual offenses ...

Concentrations of PFAS, potentially carcinogenic chemicals, in groundwater and river water exceeded Japan's provisional ...

In western Japan, Himeji Castle is preparing to implement a dual-rate admission policy. Starting in March 2026, local ...

Tokyo: Rallies were staged in the southernmost Japanese prefecture of Okinawa as well as in Tokyo on Thursday to protest ...

U.S. Marine Corps troops, who began relocating from Japan's Okinawa to Guam late last year, will begin occupying barracks at ...

A United States Marine stationed in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture has been charged with the rape of a Japanese civilian woman and the assault of another woman who tried to intervene, according to ...

Two U.S. Marines in Okinawa, Japan are under investigation for alleged rapes, police say, the latest in a string of assault ...

The trees in Okinawa began blooming in early January, and the flowering season has gradually moved northward along Japan’s ...

A US Marine stationed in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture is facing criminal charges, including the alleged rape of a local ...

TOKYO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Police in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa have referred two U.S. Marines to prosecutors on suspicion of committing separate sexual assaults against women, ...