As passenger numbers recover at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture following the coronavirus pandemic, the ...

The Japanese government is planning to generate some 20 gigawatts of electricity, equivalent to the output of 20 nuclear ...

The Kansai Press Photographers Association announced the winners of this fiscal year's awards for distinguished press photos ...

The Japan Society for Tobacco Control (JSTC) has declared it will seek government action and legislation to prevent cigarette ...

The Osaka District Court on Dec. 1 went ahead with the forced removal of homeless people living on the grounds of a closed ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- "Futehodo," an abbreviation of the title of the popular drama "Futekisetsu nimo hodo ga aru!" was selected ...

Japan on Monday halted issuing new health insurance cards, as the government pushes to merge their functions into the My ...

A bear was trapped and killed Monday after a two-day stay in a northeastern Japan supermarket, police said, ending an ...

A Japanese professor and lawyer said Monday they have together submitted a letter of complaint against Hyogo Gov. Motohiko ...

A recent study by a Japanese team could pave the way for the development of treatments aimed at reducing health issues like ...

The expert panel's report proposed specifying the speed criteria in the dangerous driving provision, while adding "driving at ...

Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami pledged Monday to do his best to lead his team to the championship next year before ...