The Kanagawa Prefectural Government on Dec. 22 initiated a program allowing people who have been in contact with measles ...

A hunter whose license was revoked after shooting a brown bear at the request of a Hokkaido municipality expressed relief ...

The launch of the H3 No. 8 rocket, Japan's large core launch vehicle, has ended in failure, unable to place the Michibiki No.

Atomic bomb survivors' groups and others have denounced a remark by a security official at the prime minister's office, who ...

Genetic testing has confirmed a suspected case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in the Kyoto ...

A translated debut novel by Japanese author and film producer Genki Kawamura has become the No. 1 bestseller so far this year ...

Tokyo stocks ended slightly lower Wednesday after directionless trading as many investors sat on the sidelines ahead of the ...

As global warming advances, the amount of rainfall brought by typhoons to Japan could increase by about 3.1 times, ...

The central Japanese prefecture of Mie is considering reinstating a rule requiring its employees to hold Japanese nationality ...

U.S.-based generative AI company Perplexity AI Inc. responded Dec. 23 Japan time to a protest The Mainichi Newspapers Co.

Masashi Ozaki, the most successful Japanese professional golfer with 112 wins, including 94 on the Japan Golf Tour, died of ...

The Michibiki No. 5 satellite that Japan's H3 rocket failed to put into orbit on Dec. 22 was supposed to form part of a ...