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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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