A U.S. military helicopter made an emergency landing on a beach in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Thursday, with no reports of injuries or damage to the aircraft. The aircraft — …
Grilled eel, a popular summer delicacy in Japan, is behind a department store food poisoning incident that has left more than 140 people sick and one dead, the store’s president …
Sagamihara, Kanagawa Pref. – A memorial ceremony was held in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Friday to mourn for the 19 people killed in a knife attack on Tsukui Yamayuri-en, a …
Shuzenji, Shizuoka Pref. – As I pass through the entrance of Asaba Ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn situated in the tranquil hot spring town of Shuzenji, Shizuoka Prefecture, I feel …
Fresh arrest warrants were served to five suspects Friday over the murder of a man whose body was found last December in a suitcase in the Tama River near Tokyo. …
Uber Japan said it will launch on Monday its ride-hailing services, in which people use their personal vehicles to offer paid rides, in Japan. The move is designed to cope …
Fourth-year university student Aruha Hamamura begins and ends most days on his surfboard at Kounohama Beach along the coast of Mie Prefecture’s Shima Peninsula, an area known for the Grand …
In the summer of 1689, the poet Matsuo Basho left the port town of Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture and traveled north along the Sea of Japan. His destination: Kisakata, an …
DNA tests have shown that a man who died earlier this week at a hospital is likely to be the person wanted for one of a series of terrorist bombings …
Yokohama – Police have arrested an employee of used car dealer Bigmotor for his alleged involvement in cutting down roadside trees in front of a Bigmotor store in Kanagawa Prefecture. …