Fukushima Prefectural Police will launch a program in fiscal 2026 to play specific recorded messages inside supermarkets and ...

At its headquarters in the town of Seika, Juko has converted a storage space into a compact gym fitted with a training ...

The city of Kurayoshi lies in central Tottori Prefecture, on the west coast of Japan. From Tokyo, the journey there takes ...

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continues to demolish tanks emptied by the release of treated ...

The base humanoid robot is manufactured by Unitree Robotics, headquartered in Hangzhou, China. It has been trained to perform ...

The city of Kyoto plans to start a new bus fare system with lower prices for local people and higher prices for tourists.

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A manga platform run by the major Japanese publisher Shogakukan Inc. allowed an author to produce works under a different ...

A national agricultural research institute and the University of Tsukuba have developed a muskmelon that can be ripened on ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to suspend the country's consumption tax on food to alleviate the pain of persistent ...

The former mayor of a seaside city southwest of Tokyo has been referred to prosecutors for violating Japan's local autonomy ...

Japanese supermarket chain Daiei Inc. said Friday it will change its brand name of all its stores in the greater Tokyo area ...