Kanako Takahara

The group chat consisting of 300 municipal leaders nationwide allowed Yoshitaka Chatani to directly communicate with other mayors who were eager to help.

A ruling will be handed down on Thursday for Shinji Aoba, 45, who is facing a possible death penalty over one of Japan's worst-ever mass murder

Authorities have warned of possible road closures and the suspension of public transportation due to icy roads and snow.

A 45-year-old man was handed the death penalty on Thursday for setting a Kyoto Animation studio on fire in 2019 and killing 36 people in one of Japan's deadliest mass murders.

Since a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula and its vicinity on Jan. 1, one question may have been at the forefront of many people's minds: What can I do to help?

Two parliamentary vice ministers who are members of the Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction, formerly led by the late Shinzo Abe, will step

A month after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day, myriad challenges remain in the recovery

Karolina Shiino, the Ukraine-born winner of last month's Miss Japan contest, has relinquished her title, the contest organizer said Monday, following a magazine report that she was having an affair with a married man.

The Tokyo metropolitan government is considering drafting an ordinance aimed at curbing “customer harassment,” in which customers harass front-line workers by making unreasonable requests, Gov.

Crucially for Ohtani, a U.S. investigation clearly paints him as a victim without any involvement in or knowledge of his interpreter's gambling woes.