A fire was reported on Mt. Ogi, which straddles the cities of Otsuki and Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture, by a resident of the area on Thursday morning.

Yomiuri Shimbun file photoThe Tokyo Stock Exchange Reuters [posttime] JST, [postdate] TOKYO, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei ...

The Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen Nozomi trains will operate with reserved seats only from Sept. 18 to 23, which includes Silver Week holidays, Central Japan Railway Co. and West Japan Railway Co.

The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and ...

About 60 demonstrators gathered in Nagasaki City on Wednesday to protest the recent U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wage index fell 2.8% year on year in November 2025, marking the 11th straight month of decline as wage growth failed to outpace rising prices, government data showed ...

The towering colossus resembles both a soaring bird and a human with arms spread wide. Faces adorn its front and back. In a word, it is “monstrous.” ...

Geiko and maiko in formal black crested kimono vowed to dedicate themselves to their profession at New Year’s opening ceremonies held on Wednesday in Gion Kobu, Miyagawacho, Pontocho and Gion Higashi ...

A 3-meter-long, 270-kilogram bluefin tuna was offered Thursday at Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, known as the head shrine of Ebisu, the god of business prosperity.

China has begun operating a mobile drilling vessel on its side of the Japan-China median line in the East China Sea, the Japanese government said Thursday.

Reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture may see their safety screenings redone amid a data fraud scandal, according to the Nuclear Regulation Authority.

Giant flaming torches were carried during the Oniyo Fire Festival at Daizenji Tamataregu shrine in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Wednesday night.