A nature photographer captured images of a striped snake molting in a rice paddy in Shiga Prefecture, a rare observation even ...

KYIV--A North Korean missile fired by Russia into Ukraine contained a hodgepodge of parts apparently made to resemble ...

Horses scrambling up a steep slope emerged none the worse on May 4 after changes were made to a shrine festival in response ...

SINGAPORE--Asian stocks rose to their highest in over a year on Monday on renewed bets that the Federal Reserve would most ...

More than 100 non-Japanese students were rejected under the specialized quota system for entry at Tokyo metropolitan ...

LONDON--Actor Bernard Hill, who delivered a rousing cry before leading his people into battle in “The Lord of the Rings: The ...

Shohei Ohtani went 4 for 4 with two home runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves, 5-1, on Sunday afternoon ...

GIFU--Restrictions on passenger numbers for cormorant fishing viewing boats will be lifted with the May 11 start of the ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday welcomed Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on his first visit to ...

Japan hit back at remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden who referred to America’s key Asian ally as “xenophobic” for not ...

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Juro Kara, who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theater, defiantly yet playfully transforming the essence of Kabuki ...