The Liberal Democratic Party could lose a significant number of seats in the proportional representation segment in the ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party may be able to secure only around 40 seats in the upcoming House of Councillors election ...

A strong earthquake measuring upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 hit Akusekijima Island in Kagoshima ...

The number of Asian black bear sightings nationwide from January to May hit the highest ever since 2010, when comparable data ...

A British man is preparing to open a guesthouse on an island in Tokushima Prefecture that still has the traditional landscape ...

A circular geometric pattern was found this year on the seabed off the course of Kagoshima Prefecture’s Amami Oshima Island.

I believe you all love blood, murder, crime and violence as much as I do — in fiction, of course,” said novelist Akira Otani ...

An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in South Korean ...

A little turtle was found living in an artificial pond in front of the Belgian Pavilion at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo in ...

An elderly woman was found dead on Friday morning after being attacked by a bear that broke into her house in Kitakami, Iwate ...

Giant kiriko lantern floats paraded on Friday through the Ushitsu district in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, which was hit hard ...

The European Union plans to stockpile critical minerals as a precaution against potential supply disruptions due to ...