Starting November 1, the procedure for consumption tax exemption for foreign tourists and others will change from the cu...

Firefighters and police entered a shopping district near the Geku, or Outer Shrine, of Ise Grand Shrine in Mie Prefectur...

A fire broke out at a building believed to be a warehouse of Kurosawa Film Studio in Yokohama early on October 23.Accord...

Government websites in Japan, including the National Tax Agency’s online tax filing system, have been temporarily taken ...

Violent Typhoon Champi is forecast to bring violent winds, high waves and torrential rain to Okinawa’s Sakishima Island...

Empress Emerita Michiko turned 92 on October 20.According to the Imperial Household Agency, she continues light daily ex...

Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, visited an area in the city of Tottori, western Japa...

Osaka’s Dotonbori area is known for the iconic Glico runner sign, one of the western Japanese city’s most popular touris...

S/ Takebe Arata, Agriculture minister / I believe the remarks made by former minister Yana should never have been made, ...

At around 12:40 p.m. on October 16, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued an emergency earthquake warning, urging peopl...