A council on election campaigning comprised of seven ruling and opposition parties on Friday issued a statement calling on voters to be mindful of dis- and misinformation on social media ahead of the ...

The Tohoku Shinkansen line was suspended after a bullet train collided with a bear while traveling in Miyagi Prefecture on ...

Why has humanity continuously repeated tragedies? This question came to mind while viewing a solo exhibition of artworks by ...

Public assistance is an essential system for ensuring that people in need can live with peace of mind. A court ruling emphasized the need for careful consideration when changing the amount of benefits ...

Japan and the United States agreed Friday to continuously hold a series of talks toward settling an agreement in the two ...

A figurine depicting a character from a 20th century satirical cartoon burning a banknote to light up the darkness has become ...

The successive murders of nine people who had become acquainted through such means as social media highlighted the dangers lurking behind the convenience of the internet. The latest development should ...

Some Maritime Self-Defense Force P-1 patrol planes are not operational, according to a Board of Audit of Japan report released Friday.

A male teacher arrested on suspicion of secretly taking indecent photos of girls and sharing them in a group chat on social ...

The European Union on Friday proposed making all eel species, including the Japanese eel, subject to regulation under an ...

As wind turbines on the horizon churn out clean energy, John Smyth bends to stack damp peat — the cheap, smoky fuel he has ...

Visitors to Adventure World theme park said goodbye to all four giant pandas housed there as they departed for China from ...