The princess traveled to Laos, her first official visit to a foreign country, thereby expanding the base of her activities.

The government will submit legislation needed to establish the agency during the next ordinary session of parliament in 2026.

Of those 33, 19 are in Asia, and while Tokyo held the crown as the world’s largest city for the last few years, it’s now been overtaken by Jakarta, according to a UN report. Indonesia’s capital is ...

In this video, we explore the historical development of San Francisco, covering key topics such as: - The Spanish occupation ...

The Japanese government is considering setting up its planned disaster management agency under the cabinet on Nov. 1, 2026, Jiji Press learned Monday. In or after fiscal 2027, the agency will have a l ...

In the wake of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan shut down all of its nuclear power stations. Fifteen years on, the ...

Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, turned 24 on Monday after marking a year full of fresh ...

Japanese Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, turned 24 on Monday. The princess has spent her days busy yet fulfilling, balancing her work at the Japanese Red Cross So ...

Percolating downwards, the extra water eventually found its way into a major fault zone that slices through the 12km-long ...

The process to restart the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.’s Tomari nuclear power plant in Tomari, Hokkaido, is ...

On the final day of Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, I found myself retracing steps I had hoped to take 55 years earlier. My first ...

Today, the confectionery known as “tree cake” because of the resemblance to a trunk with rings is considered a symbol of ...