SAITAMA, Japan -- A drone delivery service operated by mobile carrier KDDI has successfully run a field test to a hard-to-reach Japanese village in hopes of improving logistics for isolated ...

Rice prices in Japan have remained high despite hopes that they would normalize after the government announced plans two ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries announced on Monday that it will hold an auction for ...

Heavy snow is forecast to fall in mountainous areas in the Kanto-Koshin region in central and eastern Japan from Tuesday ...

Tokyo, March 3 (Jiji Press)--Heavy snow is forecast to fall in mountainous areas in the Kanto-Koshin region in central and ...

With efforts to find a driver who fell in expected to take about three months, there is no concrete timeline in place on when ...

A forest fire in northeastern Japan has scorched the largest area of land in more than 30 years, the central government says, ...

Since the wildfire began Wednesday, at least one person has died, and more than 80 homes have burned, local authorities said.

Police in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 30-year-old radiologist on suspicion of taking voyeuristic images after he used his smartphone to film a woman’s breasts while she was having ...

Saitama Prefecture, led to emergency inspections of sewer pipes nationwide. Local governments across Japan are urging residents to be cautious of the swindlers, who often offer “free” home ...

A labor union of nurses and other staff at medical institutions under Japan's National Hospital Organization staged a ...