The Velvet House, a unique cafe here, is drawing visitors from all over Japan with its slogan “a queer feminist cafe for all.

KAGOSHIMA--Row after row, jars of fish preserved in ethanol fill the shelves at the Kagoshima University Museum.

NAGASAKI--Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki called for an immediate ceasefire in military conflicts around the world during a ...

Brewmaster Eriko Ota is an unsung hero in Japan for helping to create a beer in a distinctive emerald green bottle unlike any ...

This sounds unusual: 10 cylindrical chambers have been built on a former rice terrace in the depths of the Kii Peninsula.

Fisherman Motoharu Kase’s three children were playing in the garden of their home in Rausu, eastern Hokkaido, oblivious to ...

Despite another delay in the start of fuel debris removal at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the plant ...

To combat overtourism, Iriomotejima island, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site in Taketomi, Okinawa Prefecture, has ...

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office has reversed its previous decision to refrain from persecuting an aide of Koichi ...

While Yamagata Prefecture is famed for its snow-deep spa resorts, Asian filmmakers head to the mountains there to hone their ...

Tensions ran high among residents and visitors after tsunami warnings were issued along Japan’s Pacific coast on July 30 ...

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration imposed an additional 15 percent tariff on all Japanese imports on Aug. 7, denying an ...