The number of homeless people in Japan totaled 2,820 as of January 2024 and about 40% of them said they were fine with their ...

Kyoto municipal authorities plan to raise the lodging tax for hotels and other accommodation to a maximum 10,000 yen ($63) ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba left for Malaysia on Thursday, embarking on a four-day trip that will also take him to ...

Japan recorded 2,663 traffic fatalities in 2024, dipping slightly from the previous year, the National Police Agency (NPA) ...

A snake cafe in the capital's trendy Harajuku district is spreading the charm of the animals, which are often misunderstood ...

Two people were killed and more than 1,000 structures were destroyed as fierce wildfires raged in the Los Angeles area.

A former employee of Japan's largest bank accused of stealing millions of dollars' worth of cash and valuables from customers ...

A sexual assault case in November in Okinawa involving a U.S. Marine was referred to prosecutors on Wednesday, according to ...

Japan's weather agency and land ministry on Wednesday warned of heavy snowfall in regions along the Sea of Japan coast on the ...

Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese atomic bomb survivors' group that won last year's Nobel Peace Prize, urged the government on ...

Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children. This is perfect material for ...

A 21-year-old woman here was arrested on Jan. 7 for allegedly making approximately 670 phone calls to a fire station and ...