Vibrant purple lavender blossoms entice visitors to take pictures at Farm Tomita in Nakafurano, Hokkaido. This lavender field ...

The government on Tuesday established an administrative office to serve as a command center for policies concerning foreign ...

A woman in her 70s was attacked by a bear while working in an apple orchard in the Owasawa district of Hirosaki, Aomori ...

A Shinto priest of Yasaka Shrine and a monk of Shinsen-en temple on Monday held a ritual to exchange holy water and pray for ...

Yomiuri Shimbun file photoThe Japanese Red Cross Society in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in May The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] ...

The Osaka-Kansai Expo, in which 158 countries and regions are participating, has become a stage for diplomacy.

Japan’s Nikkei share average nudged higher on Tuesday, as gains in technology stocks were partially tempered by caution ahead ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Typhoon Nari crossed Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan, on Tuesday morning. The fifth ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko on Monday to lead a new government ...

A million more children completed the critical three-dose vaccination against diseases like diphtheria, tetanus and whooping ...

A German doctor went on trial in Berlin Monday, accused of murdering 15 of his patients who were under palliative care.

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight killed at least 31 people, according to local hospitals, as U.N. agencies ...