Someiyoshino cherry blossoms have begun blooming in Maebashi, seven days earlier than the average year and six days earlier ...

More than 70% of local governments have not conducted subsurface cavity surveys to check for cavities below roads under their ...

Students challenge themselves to perform rakugo storytelling in English in a unique lecture series offered at a university in Osaka Prefecture.

Inui Street, famed for its views of cherry blossom trees, opened to the public on Saturday in the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.

Interactive artificial intelligence will be implemented in the popular Japanese online game “Dragon Quest X,” Square Enix Co. announced on Saturday.

Having clinched the title the previous day, sekiwake Kirishima went into the final day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament with one final item of business.

Demand for home-visit care is rising as the nation’s population ages. Nevertheless, cases in which service providers fell into financial difficulties that forced them to file for bankruptcy or go out ...

There has been a spate of accidents in which trees planted in parks or along streets suddenly fell and trapped pedestrians. The central and local governments should strengthen inspections and ...

A native of Kyoto City, motivated by a passion for indigo dyeing techniques that have retained their vibrancy for over a ...

Major mobile phone carriers will roll out a service on April 1 that allows users to connect to other carriers’ networks, ...

A group in Kofu studying the use of pomegranates has created a booklet of recipes for dishes using the fruit in collaboration ...

I’m a female part-time worker in my 40s. My mother, in her 70s, is a person that people might call a “toxic parent.” Since my childhood, I’ve been mentally and physically abused by my mother. She has ...