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For nuclear boosters, it shows that atomic energy still has a future in Japan. For critics, it marks the unwelcome revival of ...

Slow down and experience the Setouchi region of western Japan, where local ferries trace the maritime routes that once carried rice, salt, and daily life across the Seto Inland Sea, navigating the ...

Japan is closely monitoring the risk of a potential blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as tensions surrounding Iran intensify, ...

The drop was driven largely by a 61% fall in arrivals from China, which has been urging its citizens to avoid travel to Japan ...

Punch, a seven-month-old macaque, was born at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan last July. He was abandoned by his mother likely due ...

Team Mirai, a new party founded in May 2025, secured 11 seats in the lower house. The newly-elected lawmakers from Team Mirai ...

If you ever wondered how popular Shohei Ohtani is in his home country of Japan, a new viral video will show you.

Shohei Ohtani’s reaction went viral after the final out in Japan’s exhibition loss just days before the World Baseball Classic.