OSAKA: The organiser for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo said Monday (April 7) that a high concentration of methane was detected ...

As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?

The mayor of Ofunato City in northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture has said there is no fear of a fire spreading again from ...

Katsuo-ji offers visitors two different types of Darumas: the Kachi-Daruma, the classic doll known as “the winning Daruma” ...

The Australia Pavilion at Expo 2025 opens this weekend. How does it compare with an earlier iteration, Expo 70's space age construction?

With a new monograph publishing this month, the Japanese designer, at 83, discusses his pioneering technique, lifelong ...

Officials at the Bank of Japan say there's no change to their assessment of the country's regional economies. But they say there's growing concern among businesses about the tariffs announced by US ...

Kura Sushi Inc. (Headquarters: Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture), one of the world’s most popular conveyor-belt sushi chains, announced that it will open its largest-ever Kura Sushi restaurant with a ...

The union has raised funds for Vietnamese nationals affected by the earthquake in the Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa prefecture) in ...

The chief of the aviation weather station on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, was under the influence of alcohol while they were on dut･･･ ...

About 50,000 people visited the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo on Sunday, the final day of a three-day “test run” event held on the artificial island of Yumeshima in Konohana Ward, Osaka, exceeding the number ...