China has launched a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) into international waters in the Pacific Ocean. This is an act of coercion that threatens the security of the Asia-Pacific region, ...

Rose Garden Chippubetsu, where about 3,000 rose plants of about 300 varieties are grown, opened for this year’s season on June 20. Tourists are flocking to the garden to see the beautiful roses in ...

The passage of a bill to reduce the number of seats in the House of Representatives will be postponed until the extraordinary Diet session in autumn, the Liberal Democratic Party told the Centrist ...

Oil prices climbed nearly 2% on Wednesday after the U.S. military launched airstrikes against Iran and reimposed crude sales sanctions, raising fears their fragile truce was unraveling and Middle East ...

A school that trains artisans in the craft of Gifu wagasa, traditional Japanese umbrellas of Gifu, recently opened in Gifu City, a major production center for traditional Japanese umbrellas. The ...

The Okawa river flowing through central Osaka is turned into the Milky Way on Tuesday, the day of the Tanabata festival.

Antarctica’s natural environment is being threatened due to such factors as a surge in the number of tourists. Opaque activities of major powers, which appear to disregard the Antarctic Treaty that ...

The Yomiuri ShimbunDiabetes drug Mounjaro By Ryowa Kashiwabara and Yuina Takada / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers [posttime] JST, [postdate] Use of the diabetes drug Mounjaro for weight-loss purposes ...

Within minutes of walking on a San Diego beach, marine ornithologist Tammy Russell found the feathered carcasses — one after another.

Workers began making emergency repairs to stabilize a Manhattan high-rise Tuesday evening after buckled columns and sagging floors forced evacuations in and around the midtown construction site.

Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Tuesday as semiconductor-related heavyweights declined after a drop in South Korea’s ...

Plans for a new Defense Ministry bureau are being coordinated by the government and ruling parties. It will likely be ...