A large white snake painted on a giant ema wooden wishing plaque is waiting to greet New Year visitors to Kawagoe Hachimangu ...

Wednesday’s talks between Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi confirmed their desire to ...

The Yomiuri Giants, the oldest existing team in Japanese professional baseball, marked 90th anniversary on Thursday.

Earth is an ocean world, with water covering about 71% of its surface. Venus, our closest planetary neighbor, is sometimes ...

Thursday marked the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed the lives of about 230,000 people.

South Korea’s main opposition party submitted a motion on Thursday to impeach the country’s acting leader over his reluctance ...

Tanigawadake Ropeway, which is often used by hikers and skiers visiting Mt. Tanigawa located on the border between Gunma and ...

More and more companies are turning out “super apps,” which allow people to make payments, shop online and more through a ...

School libraries are important places for children to learn about the appeal of books and the significance of reading. Their ...

If those who have the courage to blow the whistle on wrongdoing in an organization suffer ill-treatment, no one will be able ...

Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said Dec ...

Efforts are spreading in Miyagi Prefecture to bring back seagrass beds damaged by the March 2011 huge earthquake and tsunami, ...