Explore Akita Komachi rice: an iconic Japanese variety loved for its delicate sweetness & perfect balance & delicious traits.

Visitors looking for the "real Japan" may find it on a new long trail two hours from Tokyo that shows off the country's ...

A picture-perfect village in Japan is staying alive with a population of just one person. Discover the story behind this ...

Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation from intense heat due to metamorphism. Researchers tackled this by using ...

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at 2:49 a.m. on Thursday. Officials say there is no threat of tsunami. An intensity of lower 5 on Japan's seismic ...

Local residents in the city of Seki, Gifu Prefecture, are on edge after animal remains were found buried in a flower bed, the second such occurrence in the prefecture this month. According to ...

According to police in Kuki, Saitama Prefecture, the 46-year-old man made an emergency ... Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed. Japan’s Nissan Motor to Cut Nearly 2,000 Jobs in U.S. Plants; Will ...

The wariness over SOFA, which critics view as overly protective of American service members who have broken Japanese law, appears to be not limited to municipalities hosting facilities exclusively ...

The wariness over SOFA, which critics view as overly protective of American service members who have broken Japanese law, appears to be not limited to municipalities hosting facilities exclusively ...

The MoU between Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and Japan's Mie prefecture, signed in Hanoi on January 16, aims to provide the foundation for more Japanese investment in Vietnam.