Japanese students are increasingly heading to Taiwan to study, thanks to expectations of extensive language education, ...

Spiders give some folks the heebie-jeebies, but web-weaving arachnids produce a unique, versatile material that could be the ...

KYOTO--Black kites, a bird of prey, have apparently found an easier target for food in central Kyoto: people eating outdoors.

Typhoon No. 15 made landfall in northern Wakayama Prefecture on Sept. 5, raising the risk of heavy rain and related disasters ...

The justice minister said Japan needs to develop policies to help the growing number of foreign nationals adapt to Japanese ...

OSAKA—Osaka Kansai Expo organizers issued a warning about redback spiders after eggs of the venomous arachnids were found in ...

A friend and a foe of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba are seen as the front-runners to succeed the lame-duck leader of the ...

Torrential rain pounded the Tokyo metropolitan area on Sept. 11, flooding buildings, disrupting transportation services and ...

Prince Hisahito visited the imperial graveyard in western Tokyo on Sept. 9 to pay his respects to his royal ancestors ...

In helping keep a long tradition alive, three people weaved a Sakai Dantsu, or a Sakai-style “dantsu” thick carpet, on a loom ...

SAGA—A forensic DNA analyst here was fired for committing more than 100 acts of misconduct, including fabricating reports ...

As Mount Fuji officially closed its summer climbing season on Sept. 10, authorities declared a landmark success in curbing ...