Japan’s famous autumn leaf colours contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe, ...

World Children's Day is a weighty milestone as Nov. 20 commemorates the United Nations adoption of a legal framework in 1989 ...

SHIZUOKA — Shizuoka Prefecture plans to charge a toll of between ¥3,000 and ¥5,000 per person to climb Mt. Fuji starting next ...

Yamanashi Prefecture has abandoned plans for a Mount Fuji railway line and is instead considering a rubber-tired tram system ...

The leader of a Japanese minor opposition party has apologized after suggesting "hypothetical" measures to address Japan's ...

"Aluminum" commonly becomes arumi. Japanese original The easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children. This is perfect material for anyone studying ...

An Asahi Shimbun poll over the weekend and another by JNN showed Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet support rate dropping in comparison with last month — to 34% in the Asahi poll and 38.9 ...

Musashi University Professor Yusuke Hayashi announces the results of the Japan Association for Sex Education's latest nationwide survey on youths' sexual experiences and behavior, in Tokyo's ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun marked the 150th anniversary of its first publication on Saturday. Reports about new projects promoted by the Yomiuri Shimbun group were given at a joint meeting of editors and ...

Yamanashi Prefecture is proposing a double-track line operating two-car trains every six minutes for 10 hours per day to disperse the summer influx of tourists while reducing vehicle emissions, ...