The estimated number of New Year’s cards delivered on Jan. 1 plunged 34 percent from a year ago--the steepest decline in more ...

Emperor Naruhito expressed his wishes for the people’s well-being and the nation’s development at an annual New Year ...

Surrounded by disaster debris and with tears welling in his eyes, Keisuke Oma offered a 30-second silent prayer here on Jan.

A 62-year-old retiree from Suita, Osaka Prefecture, found a couple of surprises on his journey to express gratitude for the ...

Enclosed by mesh fences and walls sits a lone rice paddy stretching out across 1,100 square meters in Tsukuba, Ibaraki ...

Asian shares mostly slipped Thursday, as the region's main stock market in Tokyo stayed closed for the New Year's holidays.

A surge in school closures exacerbated by Japan’s declining birthrate amounts to a lot of unused real estate over the years.

TAKAMATSU—Kagawa Prefecture is so proud of its specialty “udon” noodles that it believes people will enjoy bathing in the ...

Nagi earned the tag “miracle town” because its birthrate was more than twice the national average a few years ago.

SEOUL--Grieving relatives of the victims of the South Korea plane crash gathered at the site to pay respects to their loved ...

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said it has developed a more accurate method to estimate radiation exposure doses among people ...

A passenger plane burst into flames Sunday after it skid off a runway at a South Korean airport and slammed into a concrete ...