The revised Imperial House Law, which was enacted during the recent special Diet session, has come into effect without much public understanding being gained. There are numerous issues that need to be ...

The revised Imperial House Law came into force Saturday, and the Imperial Household Agency has been making preparations regarding how the new system is implemented.

Matsui, 52, who will become the new manager of the Yomiuri Giants starting next season, has decided that, upon taking the post, he will wear a uniform with the number 90 — the same number worn by ...

Tomoya Ito, 63, became the oldest Japanese male gold medalist in the Asian Para Games after winning a wheelchair race in the men’s 200-meter T51/T52 event at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games on ...

A group of Humboldt penguins can now be seen strolling around in Halloween costumes at a tourist and leisure facility in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, taking adorable, wobbly strides that captivate ...

GMO Internet, Inc.’s cloud service used for such transactions as foreign exchange trading was accessed without authorization and had been compromised, the firm announced Friday. It also said that a ...

Delicate pink and white cosmos flowers are in full bloom along the Onga River in Mizumaki, Fukuoka Prefecture, with over five million of the flowers stretching across an area of the riverbank about 6 ...

Calligrapher Shigeyuki Matsumoto recently produced work expressing hope for world peace and the recovery of disaster-stricken areas at Oitaken Gokoku Jinja shrine in Maki, Oita City.

UCHIKO, Ehime — Representatives from theaters and local governments across Japan took part in a summit devoted to preserving traditional Japanese theaters at the Uchiko community center in Uchiko, ...

Typhoon Champi, also known as Typhoon No. 30, may approach the waters off the Izu Islands of Tokyo by as early as Tuesday.

Daiki Kajiwara won gold in men’s singles wheelchair badminton WH2 class after beating South Korea’s Yu Sooyoung, marking his 200th consecutive victory in international matches, at the Aichi-Nagoya ...

A new facility called Elephant Village was completed at Osaka Tennoji Zoo in Tennoji Ward in Osaka in the spring, featuring ideas designed to allow elephants to live like their counterparts in the ...