A new vocational college here has had to suspend student admissions due to a lack of interest, dealing a blow to this town’s ...

KIZUGAWA, Kyoto Prefecture--It may not be as well-known as Kyoto but Kizugawa is also home to loads of historical temples and ...

KANONJI, Kagawa Prefecture--Facing the Seto Inland Sea, this city is famous for Jinnein and Kannonji, the 68th and 69th ...

I had loved Tokyo’s old Tsukiji outer fish market with its colorful alleys and bewildering maze of people and vehicles ...

YOKOHAMA—The Yokohama DeNA BayStars completed a remarkable playoff run by trouncing the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 11-2 on Nov. 3 ...

KOBE—An artisanal soap shop here is catering to its loyal customers throughout the country with handmade products, crafted ...

Residents here are voting online to determine the retirement allowance for the city mayor, who asked the public to decide how ...

Mizuma Railway is operating a “digital art” train until Dec. 1 that treats passengers to projection mapping during the ...

The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant said it retrieved a tiny amount of melted fuel from one of ...

Support for constitutional amendment among newly elected Lower House members has dropped to 67 percent, the lowest level ...

Influential manga artist Kazuo Umezu, known as a pioneer in horror comics in a long career dating to the mid-1950s, died on ...

TOTTORI--Cyclists can now board trains on the JR Sanin Line with their unbagged and unfolded bicycles for journeys between ...