Several people were reported missing after heavy rains and landslides in southern Japan flooded homes and swept people away ...

Survivors and their families gathered Saturday in rainy weather at Peace Park and nearby Hypocenter Park, located below the ...

The mayor of Nagasaki has appealed for an end to the wars raging in the world on the 80th anniversary of the US atom bomb ...

Nagasaki, Aug. 14 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese woman and an American man whose grandfathers experienced the U.S. atomic bombings ...

Respondents who think Ishiba should not resign following the ruling party's setback in last month's House of Councilors ...

TOKYO: A sudden suspension of the sole train to Japan's Expo 2025 stranded more than 30,000 visitors, with some forced to ...

Osaka, Aug. 14 (Jiji Press)--The sole train route to the venue of the ongoing 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka was temporarily suspended from Wednesday night due to a power ...

The Japanese education ministry is considering launching a model project in fiscal 2026 to dispatch cram school lecturers and ...

Tokyo: Sen Genshitsu, a would be kamikaze pilot who became a Japanese tea ceremony master preparing cups of matcha for world leaders and monarchs, ...

Jose Takei, an 82-year-old man of Japanese descent in the Philippines, who became stateless after being left in the Southeast ...

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi safely returned to Earth Sunday following a stay of about five months aboard the ...

About 200 lanterns were lit up and released into a river at the foot of a ridge in eastern Japan on Monday, where a passenger ...