Karuizawa Distillers has announced plans to build a new distillery for producing single malt Japanese whisky. The new ...

A 20-year-old university student working as a temporary employee at the Hakodate child consultation center was arrested by ...

TOKYO -- As Japanese bus operators struggle to compete with other transport companies for drivers, some are finding ways to tap talent outside the usual corners, including students from Southeast Asia ...

In collaboration with Seibu Group and Furano City, Karuizawa Distillers will construct Furaliss distillery in Hokkaido, Japan ...

Despite concern over future earthquakes in places such as the Nankai Trough off Japan’s Pacific coast, health care facilities ...

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People stand next to large cracks in the pavement after evacuating into a street in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, ...

Up to some 7,500 people in 33 municipalities along the Sea of Japan coast of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido ...

Long Beach is just getting revved up for the season, but the barrier island has already seen a string of openings that signal ...

I wanted to do a high-end omakase restaurant, but I also wanted to build trust here among diners,” the chef said.

JAL will start a test for a new program to support people living in Tokyo, Osaka or Nagoya who want to stay in Hokkaido ...

Taipei Office Over the past two decades, Japan has emerged as both a victim of and a laboratory for climate change impacts.