A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the ...

Did you enjoy the view today? The exit is this way,” the voice echoed through an elevator lobby on the observation deck in ...

With the price of rice skyrocketing, sake breweries are being left high and dry, struggling to procure raw ingredients as ...

The humble rice ball, eaten in Japan for thousands of years, is seemingly more popular now than ever, with specialty ...

An extensive system failure across central Japan that knocked out electronic toll collection (ETC) booths on major ...

NAHA--A joint patrol involving Okinawa prefectural police and the U.S. military is to be mounted in the entertainment ...

Ibaraki Governor Kazuhiko Oigawa brought a powerful recruiting pitch with him last year when he flew to India.

After a three-and-a-half-hour interrogation, police officers wore down a 12-year-old girl and got her to “confess” to ...

NARA—Of the six teenagers rushed to the hospital after being struck by lightning in a schoolyard during an evening soccer ...

In his fairly short time with a couple here, Kotaro, an aging and ailing tomcat, showed impudence but also affection for his ...

The education ministry on April 10 tasked an expert advisory panel to look into establishing a new teaching system that can ...

A new documentary film that depicts the long campaigns waged by two Okinawa governors against the concentration of U.S.