Former farm minister Taku Eto is expected to be reappointed to that post to replace Yasuhiro Kozato, who lost his seat in the ...

KOBE—An artisanal soap shop here is catering to its loyal customers throughout the country with handmade products, crafted ...

Japan launched its fourth H-3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 4 and released the government’s X-band defense communications satellite Kirameki-3 into orbit.

Tohoku Electric Power Co. on Nov. 3 said it has shut down the recently restarted No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa nuclear power plant because of unspecified troubles with equipment.

Residents here are voting online to determine the retirement allowance for the city mayor, who asked the public to decide how ...

Mizuma Railway is operating a “digital art” train until Dec. 1 that treats passengers to projection mapping during the ...

TOTTORI--Cyclists can now board trains on the JR Sanin Line with their unbagged and unfolded bicycles for journeys between ...

The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant said it retrieved a tiny amount of melted fuel from one of ...

The Udon Helmet was developed by Kawasaki Kako KK, a manufacturer of plastic products based in Kanonji, Kagawa Prefecture, which used its plastic processing technologies and playful sensibilities when ...

Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Monday as China’s leaders began a major meeting expected to bring fresh pledges of help ...

Nearly 350,000 elementary and junior high school students were regarded as truants for missing school for more than 30 days ...

When Typhoon No. 10 made landfall on the Japanese archipelago in late August, public transportation systems were disrupted, ...