The present-day grand sumo tournament originated from “kanjin zumo,” — events held to raise funds for temples or shrines ...

Ongoing talks to open the Japanese market to Brazilian beef are focusing on supplies from three small Brazilian exporting ...

More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured ...

The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team has found through a new method using digital technology.

Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star — a ...

Utility workers excavating trenches to expand underground gas networks in Peru’s capital unearthed two pre-Incan tombs on ...

Japan. Under a pair of mushroom clouds created by the enormous energy released by nuclear fission, the cities of Hiroshima ...

Astronaut Takuya Onishi, who will leave the International Space Station (ISS) this week, gave encouragement to his newly ...

Hitachi, Ltd. is considering selling its domestic major household appliance business, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Monday.

Ghost stories, called “kaidan” in Japanese, are enjoying a quiet boom in the country. Live performances by popular ghost ...

A pleasant thump-thump sound echoed throughout the Tsumugi no Yakata museum in Yuki, Ibaraki Prefecture, each time the weft ...

A man was taken to a hospital from the site of a fireworks festival after an offshore platform used for launching fireworks caught fire in Yokohama’s Minato Mirai district at around 7:50 p.m. on ...