Though both have illustrious Japanese pedigrees and beautiful marbling, a key price point separates Kobe beef from Wagyu.

TOKYO -- Japan will create a new maritime transport unit in its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) in March as it looks to boost defense of its chain of southern islands reaching down to Okinawa prefecture, ...

Fireworks are seen over Mount Wakakusa alongside the ritual burning of the mountain with Kohfukuji Temple's five-story pagoda ...

Visit Japan during this time of year to see the country's cherry blossoms emerge from their winter slumber and bathe the ...

As of June 2024, a record 3.59 million foreign nationals lived in Japan, playing a vital role in society. During the year, ...

MITSUBISHI Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI), welcomed The Right Honorable Datuk ...

Japanese lawmaker Toshiyuki Adachi of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has died during his visit to the Maldives, informed ...

A doctor who worked at Ako Municipal Hospital in Hyogo Prefecture has been indicted without being charged for professional negligence resulting in injury. Hiroki Matsui, 46, a neurosurgeon, is accused ...

The hunting season opened in mid-November, and wild boar dishes are now being served at restaurants in the Tanbasasayama city area of Hyogo Prefecture. One popular boar dish is “botan nabe,” a ...

KOBE--A record seven candidates are running in the Hyogo gubernatorial ... difficulties posed by the prefecture's shrinking population. Shimizu left Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) just ...

A 70-year-old lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has died in a drowning accident while visiting the Indian Ocean island nation of the Maldives. According to multiple sources, Toshiyuki ...