A Yamanashi Gakuin University wrestler in May ate cookies believed to contain a cannabis ingredient and jumped from the ...

An 85-year-old man was bitten on his rear by a bear while tending to his garden at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, police said. The ...

The Shizuoka prefectural police arrested Ichiro Yamashita, 41, at the scene on suspicion of trying to kill the bar’s female ...

Heavily seasoned “sinful gourmet foods” that are high in calories and fat content and can never be called healthy have ...

Cooking expert Ryuta Kijima shares two simmered dishes made with dried foods, which he recommends cooking carefully based on ...

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.4 struck off the coast of the Tokara Islands at about 12:42 p.m. on Sunday.

Japanese literature specialist Susumu Nakanishi has published a book introducing the appeal of manyo nihonga, paintings ...

Foreign residents may soon have to pay their national health insurance premiums up front in some areas, according to a plan ...

Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani worked two scoreless innings against the Houston Astros on Saturday in his fourth ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party may be able to secure only around 40 seats in the upcoming House of Councillors election ...

The number of Asian black bear sightings nationwide from January to May hit the highest ever since 2010, when comparable data ...

A strong earthquake measuring upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 hit Akusekijima Island in Kagoshima ...