An event attempting the Guinness World Record for the longest nagashi somen, where somen noodles flow down a split bamboo trough, distance was held in Niyodogawa Town, Kochi Prefecture, on Saturday.

The letter, spread over several sheets, was calm and matter-of-fact. She inquired about her son's well-being and offered ...

The board of education said that it did not find the suspect's name on the national register when it hired him this spring.

A ryokan and inn operator has unveiled an ambitious plan to attract visitors to a sprawling complex in the ancient capital of Nara that people wanted to avoid at all costs a century ago.

As a string of criminal cases reliant on suspect statements led to wrongful convictions that have been overturned in retrials, the importance of scientific investigations based on objective evidence, ...