The Shizuoka prefectural police arrested Ichiro Yamashita, 41, at the scene on suspicion of trying to kill the bar’s female ...

Many hospitals are experiencing financial difficulties, regardless of whether they are national, public or private. They have been unable to respond to recent higher prices and rising labor costs, so ...

Festivals and traditional events that have been passed down through the generations for many years in various areas are now in danger of disappearing due to a shortage of participants caused by ...

A Yamanashi Gakuin University wrestler in May ate cookies believed to contain a cannabis ingredient and jumped from the ...

An 85-year-old man was bitten on his rear by a bear while tending to his garden at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, police said. The ...

Heavily seasoned “sinful gourmet foods” that are high in calories and fat content and can never be called healthy have ...

Cooking expert Ryuta Kijima shares two simmered dishes made with dried foods, which he recommends cooking carefully based on ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party may be able to secure only around 40 seats in the upcoming House of Councillors election ...

The number of Asian black bear sightings nationwide from January to May hit the highest ever since 2010, when comparable data ...

I believe you all love blood, murder, crime and violence as much as I do — in fiction, of course,” said novelist Akira Otani ...

Japanese literature specialist Susumu Nakanishi has published a book introducing the appeal of manyo nihonga, paintings ...

A strong earthquake measuring upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 hit Akusekijima Island in Kagoshima ...