The expiration dates of existing health insurance certificates are approaching, but the usage rate of so-called My Number insurance cards that serve as a substitute for the certificates remains ...

The Yamagata prefectural government finalized its countermeasure package and approved ¥53 million in emergency bear ...

China’s advisory against traveling to Japan is starting to hit the tourism industry. Chinese tourists who had planned to ...

Green has given way to various hues of yellow and red along Chomon-kyo gorge, a nationally designated scenic valley in ...

Japan and China failed to patch up their differences in diplomatic talks on Tuesday in Beijing over a remark by Prime ...

An acrobatic, wild dolphin. The feeling appears to be mutual — he so far refuses to leave — but proximity to humans has put ...

An international research group including Japan has discovered a factory-like system in cells that prevents insulin ...

A French-Algerian novelist who was granted a humanitarian pardon last week in Algeria after a yearlong imprisonment returned ...

A large-scale fire broke out in Oita City on Tuesday evening. According to the Oita prefectural government, over 170 ...

The first trial was opened on Tuesday of some of the hundreds of suspects linked to deadly clashes in Syria’s coastal ...

Researchers and scientists in South Africa on Nov. 11 launched clinical trials on the first domestically developed vaccine.

Japan’s Nikkei share average staged a cautious rebound on Wednesday as investors remained wary ahead of pivotal earnings from ...