Director Yuhei Sakuragi is a big fan of computer-generated imagery, especially for sci-fi themed anime like his previous ...

ISA, Kagoshima Prefecture--Here, in the “town of gold,” things couldn’t be better as the price of the precious metal ...

Police officers in the community and traffic divisions of selected prefectural police departments will wear body cameras ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, one of the most celebrated Japanese modern poets who pushed the boundaries of the genre, died on Nov. 13.

Yamanashi Prefecture has abandoned plans for a Mount Fuji railway line and is instead considering a rubber-tired tram system ...

A 4-year-old girl from Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture had the tip of her finger bitten off by a horse at a commercial ...

With International Men’s Day falling on Nov. 19, attention turns to an increasing number of new fathers taking parental leave ...

KYOTO--Kiyomizudera temple here, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has kicked off its special autumn nighttime viewing, ...

NARA—Local authorities have issued unprecedented warnings about the dangers posed by the city's iconic deer after a surge in ...

Five people believed to be leaders of a loosely organized human-trafficking ring were arrested on suspicion of recruiting ...

KOBE—The odds-defying re-elected Hyogo governor started his new term with something that appeared absent in his first term: ...

The death of a young woman in Yokohama drew a flood of reactions on social media over the senselessness and unfortunate ...