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 ...

Since debuting as a key filming location in the hit TBS drama series “Vivant,” the Sakurai family residence has drawn significant attention.

Tokyo Yomiuri Aquarium will be the name of the new aquarium set to open next summer inside Tokyo Giants Town in Inagi, Tokyo, it has been decided.

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 ...

A luxury watch valued at approximately \46 million has been returned to the shop it was stolen from last month in the Nakano Broadway commercial complex in Nakano Ward, Tokyo, it has been learned.

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

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 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.

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.

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 ...

The disposal of radioactive waste generated at nuclear power plants is an issue that must be resolved by the current generation, not passed on to future generations. Following the lead of foreign ...

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 ...