The government has devised a policy to increase rice production to 8.18 million tons by 2030, an increase of about 300,000 ...

Two rock climbers fell off Mt. Echigo-Komagatake near the Oyu hot spring resort in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Saturday ...

Fifteen Japanese media outlets with reporting bases in the United States jointly submitted a letter to the U.S. government on ...

Koike-ya Inc., a pioneer in Japanese potato chips, launched its “salt and seaweed” flavor in 1962. Now it has sold 5.7 ...

Ramen made with plant-based ingredients such as vegetable broth is drawing attention at the 2025 Osaka–Kansai Expo. Many ...

I’m a woman in my 30s who is raising three children. A mom friend whose children go to the same nursery school as mine became ...

The total number of visitors to the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo has surpassed 22 million — a provisional figure — as of Saturday, ...

A bear attacked a 78-year-old farmer on his property in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Saturday morning. It entered through a ...

Fourteen war survivors, including a 100-year-old former Japanese soldier, took the stage and recounted their harrowing war ...

After spending time early in the season in the cellar of the Pacific League, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks will end it on the ...

A suspicious cardboard box discovered on a platform at Settsutonda Station in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on the JR Tokaido ...

South Korea is unable to pay $350 billion upfront in investment in the United States as President Donald Trump suggested ...