Researchers in Japan are using Pair Go, a version of the ancient board game played in teams, to explore how humans and ...

Faced with a worsening shortage of bus drivers, a Hiroshima transport company has turned to Indonesia for help, hiring two ...

Omitama city started to use six tablets this month. The tablets have a translation app. People can use them at service ...

I first thought about Japan as a place to visit in 2020. The pandemic had just started, and I suddenly had a lot more time on ...

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A project is underway to reconstruct stone markers donated late in life by 19th-century Japanese explorer Matsuura Takeshiro ...

A junior high school student in Iwate Prefecture was arrested after allegedly spraying bear repellent at students after the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reshuffled her Cabinet and unveiled a new leadership lineup for the ruling Liberal ...

The cultivation of autumn watermelons is spreading in the city of Tomisato, Chiba Prefecture, a major watermelon-producing ...

Japan's farm ministry on Friday began procedures to buy back 210,000 tons of rice to replenish government reserves drawn down ...

The Nagano Prefectural Police force has selected the first successful applicant under a new recruitment program for people ...

As land prices continue to rise in urban areas across Japan, buyers are increasingly rediscovering the appeal of detached ...