Step inside the building, and the first thing to greet visitors is an entire 6.6-meter-high wall covered with wooden patterns.

The harvest of farmed oysters began on Monday in Hiroshima Prefecture, which boasts the highest oyster production across Japan.

A giant float parades through the center of Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, during the Karatsu Kunchi autumn festival. Lit with lanterns, 14 Hikiyama floats of the Yoiyama parade began their march in the ...

The government aims to compile findings of its ongoing examination of medical tourism, where people seeking treatment and checkups travel to another country, as early as next fiscal year. Based on ...

The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry is considering ending the automatic inclusion of international calling services in landline phone contracts to combat special frauds involving ...

Japan Post Co. on Monday started selling New Year’s lottery postcards for 2027 at post offices and other outlets across the country.

At Hatcho Dejima, a promontory jutting out into Lake Chuzenji in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, azaleas, maples and beech trees have turned red and yellow, delighting the eyes of tourists. Visitors ...

Masatoshi Kumagai, chairman and group CEO of GMO Internet Group Inc., which has been mired in an unauthorized access incident involving its servers, said Monday that the company had failed to address ...

APThe statue of Pharaoh Ramses II, is seen at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, Sunday, during a celebration to mark its first anniversary. Jiji Press [posttime] JST, [postdate] Cairo, Nov. 1 ...

Japan’s Digital Agency has started offering on a trial basis an app to help draft answers to lawmakers’ questions in parliament, using its “Gennai” generative artificial intelligence platform, which ...

The strong Typhoon In-fa, also known as Typhoon No. 31, was located near the Ogasawara Islands on Tuesday morning and was moving west slowly, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Mexico’s Joey Meneses celebrates as he runs the bases after hitting a three-run home run against the United States during the fourth inning of a World Baseball Classic game in Phoenix, Sunday, March ...