Two climbers reportedly fell in separate incidents in the Northern Japanese Alps, which straddle Nagano and Toyama ...

Commuters head back to work under the blistering sun one day after the Bon summer holidays, near JR Tokyo Station in Chiyoda ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday he welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s diplomatic efforts toward ending Russia’s ...

The Justice Ministry is proceeding with a plan to implement a home visit prisoner support program nationwide, where ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average extended their gains from last week to hit a record high on Monday, tracking the Dow Jones’s ...

Home to some of the most popular climbing mountains in Japan, including the iconic Mt. Fuji, Yamanashi Prefecture is a magnet ...

Tick bites that result in viral infections can occur not only while camping and during other outdoor activities in the mountains, but also while weeding in a garden. Diseases caused by these ...

The Osaka City Fire Department in Osaka received an emergency call reporting a fire on the first floor of a seven-story ...

A wide-ranging initiative to reduce the number of Japanese sika deer around Mt. Senjogatake on the border of Nagano and ...

Osaka Gas Co. has completed construction of an experimental facility for a technology to synthesize methane from water and ...

Akie Iwai joined twin sister Chisato as a rookie LPGA Tour winner Sunday at Columbia Edgewater, closing with a 6-under 66 for ...

Japan forward Ritsu Dōan scored twice on his Eintracht Frankfurt debut in a 5-0 win at fifth-tier FV Engers in the first ...