Our reporter taste-tests a more than 100-year-old tea found in central Japan.

More than 37,000 cases of child abuse were reported in the first half of fiscal year 2018.

Automaker giant Toyota and Softbank are teaming up to create a joint venture to change the world of transportation.

Newly elected Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki reiterates his stance against the relocation of a U.S. base within the prefe...

Technology is breaking down barriers and opening up new possibilities at schools around Japan.

A retired bureaucrat reinventing himself as a wood sculptor is attracting notice for his remarkable creations in western...

Esports are in focus as the curtains roll back on the Tokyo Game Show.

A controversial statue of a child themed on a radiation-free future is being removed from a public facility in Fukushima...

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In the wake of a deadly earthquake, Sapporo will delay its winter Olympic bid from 2026 to 2030.