The municipality of Chuo Ward, Tokyo, has decided to hold the Tokyo Bay Grand Fireworks Festival on Oct. 24, 2026, for the ...

A meeting of an intergovernmental negotiating committee was expected to resume in Geneva on Tuesday to formulate an international treaty to prevent pollution by plastic waste.

The Yomiuri ShimbunA woman, who participated in the memorial service for the first time, breaks down in tears in Pingtung ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed a negative view about issuing a written agreement between Japan and the United States ...

A sewer manhole where four workers died during an inspection had a concentration of hydrogen sulfide at least 15 times the ...

The streaked shearwater, a seabird classified as near threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ...

The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry and Ukraine have agreed to promote cooperative ties in economic fields and human ...

Tall poles adorned with lanterns are hoisted high as the Akita Kanto Festival kicks off Sunday in Akita. In the festival, ...

Temperatures soared across the nation on Monday with Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, recording 40.3 C at 1:34 p.m. For the ...

The government is making final arrangements for the first-ever meeting of justice ministers from Japan and the five Central ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday it has raised the volcanic alert level for Mt. Kusatsu-Shirane in Kusatsu, Gunma ...

Japan Airlines and major real estate company Hulic Co. have announced they will build and jointly operate an international ...