More than 130,000 people in Japan have died from COVID-19 since the first confirmed case five years ago, the health ministry ...

Numerous broken ceramic grenades lying in the bottom of the Binnuma River, the old Arakawa River channel flowing along the ...

The area that is now Iruma, Saitama Prefecture, was home to a prosperous silk-reeling industry from the final years of the ...

Rivalries are everywhere, from sports games to sibling quarrels, and Japan is no exception. From fast food giant Burger King ...

When envisaging a future society, we often forget to take into account the views of foreign residents who have long been with ...

TOKYO (TR) – As a part of crackdown on a large scouting group that recruits women through social media and introduces them to ...

Japan's hometown tax programme is highlighted this week, with a focus on the local specialities and products which are ...

KANAZAWA, Japan: A box of six premium shiitake mushrooms, weighing about 500 grams in total, fetched a record 350,000 yen ...

In December 2023, a Kurdish man in his 30s living in Saitama Prefecture received a barrage of hateful phone calls at the ...

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Seven Chinese nationals, including university students, have been arrested on suspicion of fraud after allegedly buying Apple Inc's laptops using student discounts in Tokyo for resale purposes, police ...

The icicles of Ashigakubo, which are regarded as one of the three great icicle displays of the prefecture’s Chichibu region ...