All the major parties are vowing to lower the consumption tax rate in their campaigns for the House of Representatives election. Partly due to surging prices for materials, prices in general have been ...

A Pokemon card event for Saturday at Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine was canceled and the Pokemon Company, an affiliate of Japanese game maker Nintendo, apologized following a backlash ...

Children in Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan, experienced making traditional brooms, known as Magishima brooms.

Police arrested a man on suspicion of unlawful entry after he intruded in a kindergarten in Osaka Prefecture on Tuesday, according to sources. When questioned, the suspect apparently stated that he ...

Fifteen years after a tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident, only bears, raccoons and boar are seen on the streets. But the authorities and some locals want people to move back ...

While Australia grapples with childcare scandals, Japan is delivering top-quality care with professional chefs serving up nutritious food. So how did they do it?

Japan, one of the world’s most stable democracies, is experiencing unusually rapid change. Shigeru Ishiba’s departure could herald a leadership crisis. By Javier C. Hernández Japan entered a period of ...

Step inside Japanese kindergartens where architecture meets imagination! From circular rooftops to indoor slides, these mind-blowing designs are made entirely with kids in mind. Discover how Japan ...

TOKYO (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia's sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast. Several ...

TL;DR: A chaotic lottery for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 in Japan led to PC gamers climbing a kindergarten fence after the event ended prematurely. Reports indicate limited global supply, with fewer ...