TOKYO - Tokyo's Shibuya district was crowded with costumed revelers on October 31 as Halloween fell on a Saturday for the ...

TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average plunged 1,369.36 points, or 2.12%, to close at 63,290.11 at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, ...

Halloween celebrations are taking place across Japan ahead of October 31, which falls on a Saturday for the first time in six ...

TOKYO - Japan's first major cold spell of the season brought snow, freezing winds and record-low autumn temperatures across the country, with 639 observation points registering their coldest readings ...

The Japanese government has asked major telecommunications operators to forcibly block access to websites believed to contain ...

Halloween celebrations across Japan are becoming increasingly expensive as October 31 approaches, with costume prices nearly ...

A series of cyberattacks has exposed millions of personal records belonging to customers of major Japanese companies, including Muji, Matsuya and All Nippon Airways, as well as individuals connected ...

TOKYO - Typhoon No. 31 was located near Minamitorishima Island in the Pacific Ocean, as of 3 a.m. on October 30, and was expected to approach the Ogasawara Islands south of Tokyo over the October ...

HOKKAIDO - Hokkaido University's famous ginkgo avenue in Sapporo has reached its peak autumn color, attracting residents and ...

Traditional Japanese crafts are finding an unexpected source of skilled workers in prisons across the country, where inmates ...

TOKYO - Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced on October 28 that Japan and Germany had agreed to establish a new high-level dialogue framework on artificial intelligence following talks with German ...

Hokuyo Bank has launched an agricultural initiative in Hokkaido aimed at addressing a growing shortage of farmers and agricultural workers, with bank employees taking to the fields themselves to gain ...