The city of Kyoto said visitor numbers in 2025 hit a record 62.79 million, topping 60 million for the first time, while ...

Agricultural cooperatives and other groups in Japan that collect rice from farmers sold a record-low 1.32 million tons of the ...

The U.S. dollar remained strong in the upper 162 yen range on Wednesday morning, marking a fresh 39-year high, as ...

The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, adopted by China's largely rubber-stamp parliament in March, also aims to ...

KOBE -- In the first round of applications for use of a "forest burial cemetery" developed by the Kobe Municipal Government, ...

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The average price of land in Japan rose 2.9 percent in 2026, climbing for the fifth consecutive year due to redevelopment ...

The distinctive education being carried out at Osaka Prefectural Nishinari High School in the city of Osaka's Nishinari Ward ...

A vast tract of land in Yokohama long used for U.S. military housing following Japan's defeat in World War II was returned to ...

As the number of Muslims in Japan rises, group prayers in public parks are causing friction in several places. In Ichikawa, ...

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Keiko Fujimori, the eldest daughter of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, the country's first head of state of ...