OITA — Japan’s only passenger hovercraft service carrying riders between Oita Airport in Kunisaki, Oita Prefecture, and Oita City was launched on Saturday.

A Japanese Arctic research vessel scheduled to conduct its maiden voyage in fiscal 2027 will attempt to become the nation’s ...

Fireworks lit up the sky over the Sumida River in Tokyo on Saturday during the 48th Sumida River Fireworks Festival. A total ...

A government survey of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors conducted every 10 years since 1965 will not be held this year, ...

Calls for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to step down quickly ...

The National Personnel Authority plans to review the salaries of civil servants working at the central government, with the ...

Two months have passed since the government began discretionary contracts with various retailers to release its rice ...

Carp bearing patterns that resemble human faces have been spotted in an artificial pond in front of the Nobeoka city office ...

Kimberly Hoover has been to most Michelin-star restaurants on the East and West coasts. She and her wife, multimillionaires ...

Voter interest in the House of Councillors election seemed to have been piqued by closely felt topics, such as how to deal with high prices, and by the strong sense that voters would be choosing a ...

The ruling and opposition parties should recognize that the era when tax and fiscal policies could be implemented without much concern for the cost of interest payments on debts is over. Under the new ...

A relentless heatwave continued to bake Japan on Friday, with the Japan Meteorological Agency reporting extreme temperatures ...