With only 11 inhabitants, the tiny isle of Takaikamishima in the Seto Inland Sea is trying to stave off extinction by ...

Japan has suspended imports of poultry meat from the southern Brazilian city of Montenegro and live poultry from the wider ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency plans to issue ashfall warnings and advisories in the event of an eruption on any of the ...

The iconic Tower of the Sun in Osaka Prefecture is set to be designated an Important Cultural Property, while a historic ...

Previously classified personnel rosters of lesser-known wartime bacteriological units deployed in China, hidden since the end ...

In an apparent "rebellion" at an aquarium here, penguins on a diving platform ignored the instructions of a keeper, who ...

A ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker is under fire for describing a memorial dedicated to female student nurses who ...

OSAKA—The Osakan “obachan” are back with their first new song in six years, showing off more leopard print than fans can ...

Recently, an Asahi Shimbun reporter climbed into Science Co.'s “Mirai (future) Human Washing Machine” at the Osaka Kansai ...

NAHA—The sight of white crabs with long, slender legs and tiny, dot-like eyes drew a yelp of astonishment from Yoshihisa ...

BEIJING--Chinese worker Liu Shengzun lost two jobs in just one month as U.S. import tariffs shot up to triple digits in April ...

MUKO, Kyoto Prefecture--The leafy pathway through a bamboo forest in the Arashiyama area of Kyoto is popular with tourists.