KYOTO--Autumn foliage is at its glorious peak at Kiyomizudera temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, where visitors can marvel ...

An aquarium worker here has created an affordable, compact pressurized container that can restore the health of deep-sea fish ...

Viewers of the TV broadcasts of the Grand Sumo Tournaments—the official professional competitions of Japan’s national ...

JOHANNESBURG--Poorer nations attending the Group of 20 summit in South Africa have used the meeting to push leaders on ...

While riot police officers are authorized to shoot bears to combat an alarming rise in bear-related injuries and deaths ...

A university team became the first competitor to complete a robotics rescue mission that was previously deemed “reckless.” ...

Jinbocho, Tokyo’s famed district for secondhand books, a stucco building stands out with bookshelves covering its outer walls. The eye-catching display often stops people in their tracks.

NARA--Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, expressed remorse for his actions but ...

South Korean Kim Yong-ho thought he would die within seconds after a 200-kilogram (441-pound) industrial press at a Hyundai ...

OITA—Firefighters continued to battle a blaze in Oita city’s Saganoseki district on Nov. 19 after a body was found in the ...

NIIGATA—Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi announced on Nov. 21 that he has approved the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s ...

TAIPEI/TOKYO--Taiwan has lifted all restrictions on food imports from Japan that were introduced after the Fukushima nuclear ...