Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met with new U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass for the first time on Tuesday in Tokyo.

Tonami Tulip Fair kicked off Tuesday in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, showcasing 3 million tulips of about 300 varieties.

A fire broke out at a chemical plant in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, at around 10:50 p.m. on Monday. The blaze was brought ...

The government will lower gasoline prices by ¥10 per liter, starting May 22, as a measure to combat rising prices, The ...

The Kangei Maru, the world’s only whaling mother ship, left its home Port of Shimonoseki on Monday for its second whaling ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof announced a plan for practical measures regarding defense ...

A total of 524,937 people visited the Osaka-Kansai Expo in the first week of the event, which kicked off on April 13, ...

A group of taiko drummers gave a powerful performance on Saturday at Nezu Shrine, where the famous azaleas are at their peak, ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space ...

Five kilograms of rice went for an average of ¥4,217 at supermarkets from April 7-13, up by ¥3 from the previous week, the ...

The Emperor and Empress hosted the spring garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Motoakasaka, Tokyo, on Tuesday ...

A second sample of nuclear fuel debris will be removed from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant No. 2 reactor on ...