Hitachi, Ltd. is considering selling its domestic major household appliance business, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Monday.

A scorching 41.6 C was recorded in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, shattering the all-time high for Japan.

A pleasant thump-thump sound echoed throughout the Tsumugi no Yakata museum in Yuki, Ibaraki Prefecture, each time the weft ...

Ghost stories, called “kaidan” in Japanese, are enjoying a quiet boom in the country. Live performances by popular ghost ...

A son of a Japanese man, who was left behind in the Philippines during the turmoil after the end of World War II, was ...

For the baseball purists who like to see pitchers bat, the last holdout has succumbed to modern times. Japan pro baseball’s ...

Persistent inflation was reflected in Japan’s average minimum wage, which is expected to surpass the ¥1,100 threshold for the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed his desire to mark 80 years since the end of World War II with a personal message, ...

Russian former President Dmitry Medvedev blamed NATO countries on Monday for the abandonment of a moratorium on short- and ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday, supported by Wall Street’s strong finish overnight, but losses in chip-related ...

The municipality of Chuo Ward, Tokyo, has decided to hold the Tokyo Bay Grand Fireworks Festival on Oct. 24, 2026, for the ...

Dozens of Palestinians were killed or wounded on Monday as desperate crowds headed toward food distribution points and ...