OTSUCHI, Iwate — Two forest fires continued to burn for a fourth day in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Saturday.

An expert panel of the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry on Friday compiled a draft report that acknowledges the effectiveness of forcibly blocking access to online casino sites to prevent ...

To accelerate the growth of the Japanese economy, it is essential to review the rigid approach to budget formulation. There is need to devise a new mechanism that achieves both economic growth and ...

An exhibition commemorating 50 years since the globally beloved picture book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle (1929–2021) was published in Japanese started at the Museum of Contemporary Art ...

Illegal online casinos are causing social problems, such as leading users to develop gambling addictions. Every possible measure must be taken to stop their further spread throughout society.

Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a new development hub inside its Woven City demonstration site in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture.

Under the conventional implementation guidelines, exportable equipment was limited to items intended for rescue, transport, warning, surveillance and minesweeping. These five categories have been ...

The U.S. and the European Union on Friday deepened their coordination on critical minerals as part of a broader push by Western allies to loosen China’s grip on materials crucial to advanced ...

MUTSU, Aomori — Someiyoshino cherry trees have reached their peak at Suigenchi Park in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture. According to the Kita no Sakimori Ominato Andokan, a local tourism and exchange ...

A three-minute walk from JR Nishigawara-Shujitsu Station on the Sanyo Line in Okayama City, past a residential neighborhood, ...

Syrian authorities said Friday they have arrested a former intelligence officer who appeared in a video leaked four years ago that purportedly showed him and his comrades fatally shooting dozens of ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that the U.S. does not plan to renew a waiver allowing the purchase of Russian oil and petroleum products that are currently at sea. And, he said, a ...