Sumitomo Pharma Co., a major drugmaker, announced on Tuesday that it has applied to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry ...

In response to an increased likelihood of a Nankai Trough earthquake, the government has revised its guidelines for special ...

Decorated and illuminated floats made their appearance at two Tanabata festivals in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on ...

A nonprofit organization, which promotes the study of Nagasaki culture, will hold an event Saturday to listen to the sound of ...

Reika Manaki played the role of Asagao, a kindhearted but sickly prostitute, in the first episode of NHK’s Taiga epic ...

Tokyo stocks soared on Friday, with the broad-based TOPIX index finishing above 3,000 for the first time ever, amid relief ...

Opposition party Sanseito has notified media outlets and other organizations that advance registration will be required to ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday reiterated his eagerness to stay on despite his ruling bloc’s dismal showing ...

Mayflies on the Danube River in Budapest are swarming earlier and in greater numbers than usual this year due to low water ...

There is evidence that plants and insects interact through sound, researchers at Tel Aviv University said on July 15, opening ...

A heavy rain emergency warning was issued for Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, at 5 a.m. on Friday by the Japan ...

Two workers were hospitalized after being crushed by elevator parts in a building in Fukuoka City on Friday, according to the ...