In January, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani took office as mayor of New York City, heralding a new era in the city’s ...

Overseas tourists outspent their Japanese counterparts by 4.6 times in Hokkaido’s Niseko area during the 2025-2026 winter ...

KOBE—Roxana Oshiro recalls the nerve-racking time when she crawled out of her broken wooden apartment during the 1995 Great ...

HAMAMATSU—The production of the famed Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer ended just two years after its launch in 1980 primarily ...

The studio of Kyoichiro Ozawa, 66, sits in a mountain area surrounded by lush greenery and the chirping of wild birds.

In a grim letter written to Meiko Kurihara after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the young woman received the bad news.

The U.S. Navy minesweeper Warrior entered Hakodate Port in Hokkaido on Sept. 9 for maintenance work by a private Japanese ...

Commuters faced major train disruptions to start the work week, with heavy rain forecast through Sept. 7, mainly along the ...

Japan's budget requests ​for the next fiscal year have ballooned to a size similar to during the pandemic era, as Prime ...

NAHA—Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, whose political identity has been defined by his opposition to a U.S. military base ...

Nepal held a day of mourning Monday to remember those killed in the Aug. 26 floods, with flags lowered at government offices ...

A former staff member admitted that he sexually abused about eight minors who were members of the now-defunct Johnny & ...