A small but beloved zoo in northeast Japan's Yamagata Prefecture has reopened after renovations and now features a unique ...

When Imada Sake Brewing Co. master brewer Miho Imada presented a sake inspired by local seafood to a sommelier from Hong Kong ...

Police in eastern Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture mistakenly arrested a Thai woman for not carrying her passport, failing to ...

Yomiuri Giants right-hander Iori Yamasaki set a new Central League record of starting a season with 35 shutout innings on ...

Tourists are flocking to the Hachimantai Aspite Line, a scenic road connecting northern Japan's Iwate and Akita prefectures, ...

Panda fans in Japan are keeping their eyes on Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, twin giant pandas at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, ...

Services were temporarily disrupted Wednesday on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line connecting Tokyo and Osaka after a ...

HIROSHIMA -- "The people have the power," U.S. punk rock legend Patti Smith called out to a crowd of some 250 people in ...

A music festival held in this southwestern Japan city on Showa Day on April 29 took visitors back in time with a series of ...

A runaway Shiba Inu was safely captured on a highway near Tokyo on April 29, thanks to cooperation from drivers and ...

In 1954, when Kobayashi's grandfather founded the business, Japan was entering a period of rapid economic growth, and the ...

TOKYO -- The Eiken Foundation of Japan has started a new English test level. It is called "Grade Pre-2 Plus." This new test ...