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

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

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

Although Fukushima-based poet Ryoichi Wago missed out on winning a U.S. translation award for his work in October, he is ...

Acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki, who won a Ramon Magsaysay Award known as "Asia’s Nobel Prize," used his acceptance ...

Choi Jin-young has done everything he can to bring attention to his father, a missionary who's serving a life sentence in ...

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

Colombian collaboration with Japanese experts on urban development has played a key role in the rebirth of Medellin, a ...

Heavy snow is forecast for eastern Japan and mountainous areas on the Sea of Japan side of western Japan through Dec. 29.

Princess Kako, the niece of Emperor Naruhito and second daughter of Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko, turned 30 ...

SEOUL--South Korean law enforcement officials on Monday requested a court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol ...

Historic paintings on “fusuma” sliding doors that caused a stir here owe their wonderful state of preservation to the efforts ...