Released in Japan 75 years ago, the film that proved the director’s international breakthrough stars a charismatic Toshiro ...

A Japanese court on Tuesday gave the death penalty to a 34-year-old man who killed four people, including two police officers ...

Tokyo, Oct. 11 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday attended a memorial service for members of the Self-Defense Forces who died on duty, vowing to protect people's ...

For most of her life, Sanae Takaichi has loved heavy metal. Since drumming in a college band, the 64-year-old politician has ...

Lee Konitz, the U.S. saxophonist who pioneered "cool" jazz, died on April 15, aged 92. He cut albums with Miles Davis, pianist Bill Evans, sax player Gerry Mulligan and bassist Charles Mingus among ...

The local government in Japan’s Mie prefecture is preparing to introduce the country’s first local ordinance that penalises abusive behaviour by customers toward workers. The proposed law aims to ...

A centuries-old festival featuring 13 lavishly decorated floats is underway in the central Japanese prefecture of Toyama, along the Sea of Japan. The Shinminato Hikiyama Festival is held every October ...

NEW YORK: Ryosuke Takashima, mayor of Ashiya, a city in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, is among Time’s 100 most influential emerging people, according to the list released by the United States ...

Yamanashi Prefecture has collected a total of ¥590 million in entrance fees for one of its Mount Fuji trails, more than double the amount from last year, the prefecture said Tuesday. This year, the ...

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The assembly of a central Japan city on Monday passed an ordinance that recommends all residents limit their use of smartphones, video game consoles and other digital devices to two hours a day ...