Four workers who were doing drainage and other work on a sewer system apparently fell into a manhole in Gyoda, Saitama ...

Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, recorded 40.1 C on Saturday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, marking four ...

A female pantropical spotted dolphin kept in captivity was found dead at the Taiji Whale Museum in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will not deliver a prime ministerial statement on Aug. 15, the 80th anniversary of the end of ...

Shikoku Railway Co. (JR Shikoku) has started to offer a boxed meal, or ekiben, in a case modeled after one of the famous ...

A sea lion named Hama can imitate human movements, according to a study led by an official at the Kinosaki Marine World ...

The record-breaking heat and droughts this summer have raised concerns about the impact on crops, and high temperatures and ...

A 75-year-old man died Friday while climbing Mt. Fuji on a tour, the season’s first fatality to occur on the Yamanashi ...

A suspect in the Thursday attack of a Japanese woman and her child in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, ...

Kimiya Yui and three other crew members are bound for the International Space Station after lifting off from NASA’s Kennedy ...

The government and related academic organizations have launched smartphone apps that provide alerts when intense heat ...

The U.S. stock market had its worst day since May on Friday after the government reported a sharp slowdown in hiring and ...