The University of Tokyo has begun soliciting donations for planned work on the famous Akamon red gate on its Hongo campus in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. They intend to refit it for greater seismic resistance ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is also the president of the Liberal Democratic Party, said Monday that the LDP did not ...

Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko will depart for Turkey on Tuesday on a goodwill visit to mark 100 years of ...

The government aims to make My Number personal identification cards for all residents in Japan capable of being used for a wider range of purposes.

Chikuwan, a mascot character from the Hinagu district of Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture, has been certified as the city ...

Hotel Gajoen Tokyo, in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward, is home to a 99-step staircase known as the Hyakudan Kaidan, or the Hundred ...

There has been a spate of cases in which metal cables used for power transmission were stolen from solar power facilities.

Patients waiting to receive organs from brain-dead donors will be allowed to register multiple transplant facilities where ...

A resident of Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, reported to police that a bear had entered an abandoned house nearby at about 9 ...

A bear was captured in a box trap on Monday morning after attacking an employee at a supermarket in Akita and remaining there ...

There must be many people who find that having a pet brings peace to their lives. However, some elderly people struggle to ...

In a world where digitalization is progressing, the mass production of next-generation semiconductors is an important ...