TOKYO -- Full time public high schools in 33 of Japan's 47 prefectures have fewer applicants than they have places to fill for the 2026 school year, a･･･ ...

Last year, Oshi no Ko began its "47 Prefectures" project, which features special character illustrations featuring regional motifs.

Niigata Snow country. Sake capital. Samurai legacy. Just 90 minutes from Tokyo by Shinkansen, Niigata Prefecture stretches from the Sea of Japan to 2,000-meter mountain ranges, delivering some of ...

New research shows there has been little change since women in Japan first exercised their right to vote nearly 80 years ago.

Three prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, ravaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami 15 years ago have ...

Forty-two of Japan's 47 prefectures will increase spending in fiscal 2026, as labor cost and price increases are seen offsetting stronger tax revenue, a Jiji Press survey showed Wednesday. Combined dr ...

LEIFRAS Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: LFS) (the "Company" or "Leifras"), a sports and social business company dedicated to youth sports and community engagement, today announced that on February 24, 2026, it ...

Japan's health ministry says preliminary figures show that the country recorded a little over 700,000 births last year, a new ...

Retail prices of regular gasoline in Japan surpassed 160 yen per liter on average as of Monday for the first time in three months, reflecting higher crude oil prices following U.S.-Israeli attacks on ...

The latest official demographic data show opposite trends in the two East Asian countries. Despite government measures and ...

Marine biologists in Japan have identified a new jellyfish species, the Milky Way Jellyfish (Malagazzia michelin), in the ...

AT least 46 people have died after weeks of relentless snowfall buried towns, smashed transport links and sent deadly ice mounds crashing from rooftops across Japan. Fresh figures show the death toll ...