Zenkoji temple’s main hall in Nagano is illuminated with a variety of colors, including red, purple and bluish green. The spectacle can be seen through Monday as part of the Nagano Tomyo Festival.

Senior officials of economy-related government entities have said Japan will closely monitor future developments after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down the “reciprocal tariffs” the U.S.

The government will host a conference of defense ministers from Japan and 14 Pacific island nations from Sunday through Tuesday in Tokyo.

The Japanese version of Major League Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani’s English-language picture book about his beloved dog, Decoy, was published Friday.

Isn’t the purpose of enforcement to maintain orderly traffic and prevent accidents from occurring? Boosting enforcement statistics through improper methods only breeds distrust. Police organizations ...

A health ministry expert panel has cleared the commercialization of two regenerative medicine products derived from induced ...

Support for the Liberal Democratic Party has risen to 43%, escaping the low figures the party saw under the Kishida and ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi proclaimed before parliament Friday that her administration will promote investment for ...

Big air champion Kokomo Murase said hard work and hundreds of hours of training were behind Japan’s record-breaking medal haul in snowboarding at the Milano ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a historic landslide victory in the House of Representatives election, having staked her political career on the outcome.

At the Milano Cortina Olympics, Kaori Sakamoto was in high spirits for her final grand stage in her competitive figure skating career, but ended up shedding tears of frustration in the women’s singles ...

A health ministry panel has conditionally approved, for a limited time, two regenerative medical products derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, a key milestone in the possible wider use ...