An anime movie that tells the tale of an American serviceman who was exposed to radiation from the atomic bomb in Hiroshima is now in production, years after it was first pitched.

A unique phone was installed Sunday beside the sea in Rausu, Hokkaido, for people to send their thoughts to those who died or went missing when the Kazu I sightseeing boat sank off the prefecture’s ...

The National Disaster Management Agency, which will serve as the central command center for disaster response, was launched Monday.

The newly minted National Disaster Management Agency aims to boost the entire government’s ability to deal with disasters with a basic policy of “thorough mitigation and prevention” at the crux of its ...

Spanish authorities have confirmed that a Japanese national was among those who died in a collision between two high speed trains in Toledoon Province, Spain, Spanish authorities said on Sunday.

A prominent Michigan Democrat endorsed Republican Mike Rogers on Sunday, giving President Donald Trump’s Republicans an unexpected boost in a critical US Senate race two days before midterm elections ...

Ukraine’s military said it evacuated 167 people from threatened areas of southern Kherson region on Sunday as a temporary local ceasefire expired— two days after buses carried residents out of the ...

There are many cases in which the nation’s agriculture, forestry and fishery industries are being damaged by invasive species from overseas. The central and local governments must urgently implement ...

A network of private individuals, including a Chinese national, based in the free-trade port of Hong Kong played a key role in a weapons-smuggling operation involving North Korea that led to the ...

A gardener throws down ropes over a pine tree from the top of a pillar at Kenrokuen garden in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sunday, shortly before the arrival of winter.

The Yomiuri Shimbun Giants Manager Hideki Matsui interacts with elementary school children at a baseball clinic in Kawasaki on Sunday. The Yomiuri Shimbun. 12:37 JST, November 2, ...

Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi held a meeting with his Saudi Arabian counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan on the side of the Group of 20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta on Saturday, and they ...