Fossilized bones discovered decades ago and hailed at the time as the oldest human remains found in Japan turn out to be from ...

A local planetarium damaged in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake will observe its 30th anniversary on Jan. 17 by stopping its ...

Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds W at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 37 °F (2.8 °C). Cloudy with a high of 48 °F (8.9 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 11 mph (3.2 to 17.7 kph). Partly ...

KOBE — The final reconstruction and redevelopment project in areas of Hyogo Prefecture, which was devastated by ... New Energy Plan Reflects Fear of Reduced Competitiveness; Japan Concerned About ...

SUMOTO, Hyogo -- Wild monkeys in this western Japan city gathered on Dec. 25 to ... (Japanese original and video by Naoki Irie, Akashi Local Bureau) ...

TOKYO, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Japan's government is set to compile a record $735 billion budget for the fiscal year from April due to larger social security and debt-servicing costs, adding to the ...

This month, Japan’s international tourism industry will close out a remarkable, record-breaking year. “All the (tourism) indicators are set to rise: contribution to the Japanese economy ...

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HYOGO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (TSE 4552; “JCR”) today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the Phase III clinical trial of JR-142 (INN ...

Why do Japanese people queue so politely, and wait for green lights before crossing the road? Why, in short, is Japan so orderly? Some say the answer lies in its primary schools.

Japan set a new annual record for visitor arrivals with one month to spare, official data showed on Wednesday, as the weak yen helped propel the nation's tourism boom. November saw 3.19 million ...