KONAN, Aichi -- A gentle-faced giant Buddha statue with "sunglasses" in this central Japan city, north of Nagoya, has become ...

Long hindered by its culture of caution and a lack of political will, Japan is multiplying initiatives to develop startups.

You are an innocent traveler who has decided, either by choice or by some kind of error in judgement, to walk into the zone where patrons can buy pigeon food and, well... feed them. Regardless of your ...

Japan’s high-speed bullet train services were halted on its busiest line connecting Tokyo and Osaka after a snake became ...

This file photo shows a police car in Japan. (Mainichi) NAGOYA -- A local woman was arrested ... According to Aichi Prefectural Police's Minato Police Station, Araki was drinking with her friend ...

One of Japan's busiest bullet train lines came to a halt after a snake tangled itself in a power line, causing a power outage ...

In his new memoir Things Become Other Things, photographer and essayist Craig Mod contemplates the power of a long walk to ...

The aircraft is the first of 42 F-35B Lightning IIs that will be delivered to the Japan Air Self Defense Force. The Japanese ...

The popularity of kaiju continues to grow, and Toho plans to increase it even further with a one billion dollar investment. The project begins with a new version of Godzilla for Southeast Asia. In a ...

Golden Week, a traditional holiday time for Japanese travelers, attracted more visitors to Hawaii than last year but still ...

While authorities worked to get power restored, passengers formed long queues and gathered around flustered station ... Nagoya and Tokyo, which caused a more minor delay of 17-minutes. It seems ...

Services resumed at around 7 p.m. after safety conditions were confirmed, JR Central said. Passengers gathered around staff at Nagoya Station seeking explanations for the delay while large crowds also ...