The city of Kochi in southwestern Japan was filled with excitement as the 72nd Annual Yosakoi Festival kicked off on Aug...

A lantern floating ceremony was held in Ueno Village, Gunma Prefecture, ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Japan Airli...

Wada Shiro, Bear Attack Victim: When it came right in front of me, I realized it was a bear. It pushed me and I fell dow...

Crown Princess Kiko and daughter Princess Kako visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial on the morning August 11, and each o...

An event was held on August 7 for the 2025 Deaflympics, an international sports competition for deaf athletes, in host c...

The 24-hour rainfall in parts of the city of Kirishima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, surpassed 500 millim...

S/ Sakoda Yuji, Superintendent General, Metropolitan Police Department / We sincerely apologize for the great distress a...

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the city of Kirishima in Kagoshima Prefecture,...

A 61-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a woman by spraying her with a spray can at a commercial facil...

Lanterns were released in a river in Hiroshima on the evening of August 6 to commemorate 80 years since the atomic bombi...