Wine experts will tell you Beaujolais Nouveau is young, fruity and red. They may also tell you it's very popular in Japan.

Experts say bears usually enter hibernation in December. But all six prefectures in northeastern Japan have seen a surge in ...

A Santa Claus figure modeled on the official mascot of the 2025 World Expo in Osaka has gone on display at a major tourist ...

In Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, the maple tree at Saikyoji Temple still stands proudly almost two years after the 2024 ...

Nihon Hidankyo, an organization representing survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, has issued a ...

A 45-year-old man accused of fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo three years ago has stated during his ...

Japan's Princess Aiko has visited the city of Luang Prabang in northern Laos. It's part of her first official overseas trip, ...

Yokota Sakie has waited almost half a century for justice. Her daughter Megumi is one of 17 Japanese citizens known to have ...

A cruise ship from China has canceled a planned stop in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, amid a row over Japanese ...

Fire officials in Oita City in southwestern Japan say they have brought under control a large fire that broke out in a ...

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te has posted a photo of himself eating a Japanese-sourced sushi lunch, amid increasing tensions ...

People in India have taken to the streets to protest a court direction to eliminate street dogs from public spaces. The move ...