Nearly 80% of Japanese think Okinawa's burden of hosting most U.S. forces in the country is unfair compared to other prefectures, according to a nationwide poll conducted ahead of the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's return to Japanese administration on 15/5

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