Highly toxic chemical waste stored near the Fukushima nuclear power plant was transferred yesterday to a town in Hokkaido, northern Japan, for detoxification, raising safety concerns for local residents

Beloved actress and singer Miho Nakayama, known for having starred in the acclaimed 1995 romantic film "Love Letter," and a string of hit dramas, was found dead in the bathtub of her Tokyo home

A survey released by organizers of “Good Couples Day” — 22 November, as date can be read phonetically as ii fūfu, which means “good couple” — showed that 24% of married couples in their 20s met their partner through a dating app, same percentage as work

A snow crab fetched a top price of 1,5 million yen (around €9.200) in the first seasonal auction held in the port of Tottori, Honshu

Mount Fuji is still snowless as of the end of October, marking the longest period since records began 130 years ago