The day the giant pandas Kang Kang and Lan Lan arrived in Japan on Oct. 28, 1972, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, the effervescent, ...

Yasuko Tamaki, a Japanese office manager, has been recognized by Guinness World Records for her unprecedented 65-year tenure ...

Stumps topped with ice -- known as "mushroom ice" -- have appeared at Lake Nukabira in the town of Kamishihoro, Hokkaido.

Hikonyan, the popular mascot of the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, received 13,220 New Year's cards this year from all ...

Atop a small mountain on the Higashi Matsuura Peninsula northwest of Karatsu City, the ruins of a castle built more than four centuries ago look out over the Genkai Sea toward Korea. Image: Vicki L ...

At Daichi-in temple in the city of Chita, Aichi Prefecture, the production of "fukumasu" boxes used for bean-throwing rituals ...

Released in late 2024, XG’s second EP, “Awe,” earned a first entry on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart. Shortly after, ...

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka is at the centre of controversy again, losing friends and alienating people as she ...

Take a trip through the world’s weirdest Words of the Year – from Danish “iron fields” to Portugal’s year of the blackout.

Maybe you know it from the Gran Turismo video game.

I would like to extend my greetings as we enter the new year, 2026.

As the world continues to shift from handwriting to digital input, in Japan, an increasing number of people are forgetting ...