The city of Kurayoshi lies in central Tottori Prefecture, on the west coast of Japan. From Tokyo, the journey there takes ...

An endearing image of a Japanese macaque called Punch hugging an orangutan stuffed toy tightly has captured the world's ...

Fukushima Prefectural Police will launch a program in fiscal 2026 to play specific recorded messages inside supermarkets and ...

OpenAI said Feb. 25 that it has identified attempts by individuals linked to Chinese authorities to misuse ChatGPT in an infl ...

The Japanese government said Friday it has become the largest shareholder in state-backed chipmaker Rapidus Corp., holding 11.5 perce ...

Benson Lu's life revolves around Pokemon. The 26-year-old has played the mobile game Pokemon Go every day for a decade, watches th ...

A team led by University of Osaka researchers has developed a technique to generate testes from mouse embryonic stem cells ...

U.S. President Donald Trump remains open to talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "without any preconditions," a White House official said Thursday, in response to Kim's latest remarks on ...

On Okinawa Prefecture's Aguni Island, the traditional New Year celebration "Maasuyaa," based on the old calendar, was held ...

The Nikkei stock index ended at a record high Friday for the third straight day, as selling of some technology issues were ...

Japan's national squad will hold a training camp in Monterrey, Mexico, ahead of the upcoming World Cup and be based in ...

Japan's industrial output in January rose 2.2 percent from the previous month, marking the first expansion in three months, ...