will connect Nagasaki Station in Nagasaki Prefecture and Takeo-Onsen Station in Saga Prefecture. Municipalities and businesses expect the service to revitalize local economies whose tourism ...

Mostly cloudy with a high of 46 °F (7.8 °C) and a 60% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 12 to 24 mph (19.3 to 38.6 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds from WNW to NW at 15 to 21 mph (24. ...

Prince Hisahito, the son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, visited the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum ...

The most famous attraction is Takachiho Gorge – a deep chasm carved out by several explosions from the nearby Mount Aso, ...

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- In Japan, there is a little-known network of "white post" pornography drop boxes that were installed on ...

Hay fever sufferers beware. Forecasters are predicting that cedar and cypress pollen is arriving earlier and in larger ...

The aim of the policy is to enable local governments that will provide support, and the prefectures expected to receive help, to conduct joint disaster drills and other preparations.

The Anime Tourism Association released this year's list of "Anime Pilgrimage Sites People Should Visit", making the total number of such identified sites over 120 from over 100 di ...

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The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry will designate in advance local governments that will dispatch relief ...

Members of Japanese civil groups have strongly opposed the country's growing defense budget and the US commitment to ...