On the windswept coasts of Hokkaido, a language once thought to be vanishing is echoing back into life. The story of Ainu, ...

Conservative lawmakers decry a change of the surname rule in the Civil Code as an attack on traditional values and tie it to ...

From learning to carve woodblocks or make pottery, to observing artisans at work, tourists can help sustain and revive these ...

This national park known as the "Playground of the Gods" in Japan is a outdoor-loving travelers paradise with gorgeous ...

To study this history, population geneticist Harald Ringbauer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday expressed strong disapproval over an incident in CV Raman Nagar here in which an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer allegedly assaulted a local resident ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

The country’s aesthetics and inventions have spread far. It still remains a singular place.

TOTTORI--Sand sculptors are putting the finishing touches on their gritty masterpieces for a special exhibition opening on ...

TOKYO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- A total of 76,020 people died alone in their homes in Japan in 2024, with 76.4 percent aged 65 or older, according to data released by the National Police Agency on Friday.

Japan will send its second medical team to Myanmar on Saturday to meet increasing health care needs in the Southeast Asian country after a powerful earthquake last month, Foreign Minister Takeshi ...

Japan's Billie Jean King Cup captain Ai Sugiyama hopes to get her team back to the finals of the women's team tennis event by topping the three-team Group A of the qualifiers beginning Friday in Tokyo ...