Nearly 70% of health care facilities surveyed in this capital city of east Japan's Tochigi Prefecture feel burdened by the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged "all people of all nations" to find ...

Businesses in Kochi Prefecture boast the highest rate of holding year-end and New Year office parties among the country's 47 ...

An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, killing 38 people and ...

Perfume and candles ranked first and second, respectively, as gifts people in Japan do not want to receive for Christmas, ...

Flight voice recordings from a Japan Coast Guard plane involved in a fatal collision were released Wednesday, reinforcing the ...

The revised Diet members' allowance law has been passed and will come into force in August 2025, requiring national ...

More than 30 puppies of popular breeds such as toy poodles, believed to have been inside a dog kennel in the city of Chitose, ...

Police here failed to respond for months to multiple whistleblowing reports by an officer about the alleged illegality of its ...

The number of babies born in Japan in 2024 is expected to be only about 690,000, according to one expert's recent estimate, ...

Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family's ...

The government will compile a record 115.5 trillion yen ($734 billion) initial budget for fiscal 2025 as defense and social ...