Naha, Okinawa Pref., Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Naha District Court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old U.S. airman to five years in ...

Shizuoka, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--The Shizuoka prefectural government Friday unveiled the outline of a draft ordinance calling ...

Hiroshima, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Hiroshima High Court turned down second-generation hibakusha's appeal for state compensation ...

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that holding hearings of a parliamentary ...

Fukuoka, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, is considering withdrawing from a ship route between Japan and South Korea, over a scandal in which a subsidiary covered up a water ...

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--The number of "kodomo shokudo" cafeterias providing meals mainly to needy children for free or ...

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, have agreed ...

This figure, a national treasure, is housed in the Nara Prefecture temple Kōfukuji. Demons like this are normally shown being ...

Japan celebrates its matsuri, or festivals, all through the year. Here we take a look at three of these events with literally nothing to hide—the “naked festivals” whose participants wear the bare ...

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