On Friday, Japan marked 20 years since members of a shadowy cult let off deadly sarin nerve gas in Tokyo's subway system. T ...

On May 3, a giant carp streamer called a "jumbo koinobori" flew in the sky over the Tone River riverbed in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture. Measuring 100 meters in length, it was lifted by a ...

Migratory birds called smews have arrived at Osaka Castle's moat. They are members of the duck family and come to Japan in the winter. Males have pure white bodies and black markings around their eyes ...

A knife attack at a restaurant in Shanghai on Tuesday injured three people, including two Japanese citizens and a Chinese national, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, calling it an isolated case. The ...

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