By Jin Yu Young and Hisako Ueno Hisako Ueno reported from Tokyo. Japan’s largest wildfire in more than three decades was burning through a forested area of a small coastal city on Sunday after ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japan is fighting an extensive forest fire in northern Japan which has damaged dozens of homes and forced ...

Spring has officially arrived, and Japan’s iconic cherry blossoms, or sakura, are beginning to bloom across the country! As of March 27, 2025, the cherry blossom season is about to kick off in many ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, center, appears at a fashion event in Tokyo Saturday, March 1, 2025 ...

The first day of the Japan Swim, which is serving as a selection meet for this summer’s World Championships in Singapore, opened with a national record in the men’s 50-meter butterfly.

Good stories and artistic talent know no boundaries, and those captivated by exceptional cinematic experiences often look past subtitles. As cinema spreads across the globe, Japan shines as one of the ...

Reigning Olympic silver medalist Tomoyuki Matsushita led three athletes under the 4:10 barrier in the 400-meter individual medley on the final night of the Japan Swim in Tokyo. Coming off a ...

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The kimono is the most famous garment worn in Japan. Kimono literally means “thing to wear” – it is made up of the Japanese words ki, meaning “to wear”, and mono, meaning “thing”.

After earning absolute power over Japan’s feuding factions, Tokugawa Ieyasu became the island nation’s first shogun, and in the early 17th century he consolidated his political control in Edo ...

TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - Japan's economy expanded in the October-December quarter at a slower pace than initially reported, weighed by weaker consumption but still likely supporting the case ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Deep in the southern reaches of Japan, where the Pacific Ocean meets the East China Sea, lies an island unlike any other. Yakushima ...