Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan has asked the Ground Self-Defense Force, or GSDF, to send personnel to Aomori City to ...

Hundreds of Myanmar residents of Japan held a rally in Tokyo on Sunday, exactly five years after Myanmar's military seized power in a coup.

Box-office revenue in Japan hit a record high in 2025, thanks to blockbuster films such as "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -- ...

A Japanese court has ruled that the government should pay compensation for medical costs to bereaved families of victims of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima who moved overseas. The court stated that ...

Two giant pandas born and raised at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens departed for China on Tuesday. The departure of the four-year-old twins, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, leaves Japan with no giant pandas ...

The last two giant pandas in Japan were returned to China this week, leaving many people wondering if the void will ever be ...

Election season is officially underway in Japan. Candidates have started their campaigns to win a Lower House seat. Voters ...

Opposition lawmakers voiced dissatisfaction over the sudden cancellation. Tomoko Tamura, chair of the Japanese Communist Party, wrote on social media that she was informed of Takaichi's absence only ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN will broadcast GRAND SUMO January Tournament Day 15 action live from Tokyo, as top wrestlers have their ...

New NHK President Inoue Tatsuhiko has said he will work to fundamentally strengthen the public broadcaster's ability to ...

Bato was apparently the world's largest manga piracy website that hosted thousands of comics illegally, translating them and ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN will broadcast GRAND SUMO January Tournament Day 14 action live from Tokyo, as top wrestlers have their ...