More and more wild bears have been spotted in recent years due to factors including a declining human population and climate change.

Kenshi Yonezu’s “IRIS OUT” logs its second week atop the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the chart released Oct. 1.The CD version of the...

By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated PressTOKYO (AP) — Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader on Saturday to rep...

Dutch track and field athlete Femke Bol shared her reaction to the beautiful view from her hotel room during her vacation with her fiancé, B...

On October 3, 2025, BTS’ Taehyung (V) surprised fans with an unannounced Weverse live that quickly took over the internet. The session was m...

Burgundy’s Domaine de Montille has opened a winery in Hakodate — a vote of confidence in the region’s terroir.

Okinawa had the most cases on average by prefecture, at 8.98 patients per medical institution, followed by 1.96 for Tokyo, 1.68 for Kagoshim...

Shiguéhiko Hasumi — mentor to Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Ryusuke Hamaguchi — will attend the Japan Society retrospective, which is timed to the lo...

The move, relating to overpass inspection work, comes after the JFTC conducted on-site inspections of JR Central and others in October last...

The figure remained below the government's target of increasing the share of female executives at companies on the Prime section to at least...

Japanese horses Croix du Nord and Byzantine Dream are among the leading favorites, according to the bookmakers.

Long-time supporters are questioning if the Liberal Democratic Party still stands for them even as populist and far-right challengers make i...

While boosting its defense cooperation with like-minded countries, Japan has a lot to do to enhance defense equipment production amid an inc...

TOKYO (AP) — Outside a train station near Tokyo, hundreds of people cheer as Sohei Kamiya, head of the surging nationalist party Sanseito, c...

TOKYO, Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TIER IV, the pioneering force behind open-source software for autonomous driving, has secured a credit f...