Although the internal affairs ministry overseeing elections said it has not compiled data on similar cases, a town mayor in Aomori Prefecture, north-eastern Japan, was also selected by lottery in 2010 ...

Police in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture, have arrested a 14-year-old junior high school boy on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed his 17-year-old brother in the neck with a kitchen knife ...

Five people were attacked by bears in three Japanese prefectures on Sunday, but none suffered life-threatening injuries, local authorities said. In Aomori Prefecture, a 57-year-old employee of a ramen ...

A teacher found a damaged window frame in the connecting corridor of Narakawa Elementary/Junior High School in Shiojiri, ...

There have been reports of people attacked by bears day after day. It is likely that the burden is growing heavier on municipal government employees and police officers who are tasked with maintaining ...

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- PM Takaichi says not to ...

After super typhoon Uwan, Filipinos are worried about the possibility of a tsunami after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Japan.

Mika Yokota, a former deputy governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, won Sunday's gubernatorial election, becoming the first female governor of the western Japan prefecture. Yokota, 54, ran in the election ...

In our view, Kikkoman is one of the best-known soy sauce brands globally, with its soy sauce dating back to 17th century Japan in Noda, Chiba Prefecture and the company itself the leading soy sauce ...

A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. A tsunami advisory is lifted ...

Northeastern Japan is prone to earthquakes, including a triple disaster of a quake, tsunami and a nuclear meltdown in ...