Stringent security measures are in place to protect the leaders of the ruling and opposition parties as they make speeches in ...

Japanese literature specialist Susumu Nakanishi has published a book introducing the appeal of manyo nihonga, paintings ...

An 85-year-old man was bitten on his rear by a bear while tending to his garden at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, police said. The ...

A Yamanashi Gakuin University wrestler in May ate cookies believed to contain a cannabis ingredient and jumped from the ...

Heavily seasoned “sinful gourmet foods” that are high in calories and fat content and can never be called healthy have ...

Cooking expert Ryuta Kijima shares two simmered dishes made with dried foods, which he recommends cooking carefully based on ...

The Shizuoka prefectural police arrested Ichiro Yamashita, 41, at the scene on suspicion of trying to kill the bar’s female ...

The number of Asian black bear sightings nationwide from January to May hit the highest ever since 2010, when comparable data ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party may be able to secure only around 40 seats in the upcoming House of Councillors election ...

A strong earthquake measuring upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 hit Akusekijima Island in Kagoshima ...

I believe you all love blood, murder, crime and violence as much as I do — in fiction, of course,” said novelist Akira Otani ...

However, this special menu uses domestically raised eel, which results in an additional cost of ¥800 per meal. As the city ...