When caught committing crimes for economic gain in Japan, it’s common for the accused to say their motive was to obtain money ...

Discover what it’s like for foreigners to live in Kofu, a small Japanese town. From community dynamics to cultural adaptation ...

Among the varieties of fireworks in Japan, traditional handheld sparklers remain popular. Yet there are just three places ...

Yoshiami Abe, a 74-year-old Fukuoka rice farmer, stood in suit and tie in front of a large Costco sign. As he greeted ...

Yuui Suzuki, a 23-year-old graduate student at Seinan Gakuin University in Fukuoka, has won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for their novel Goethe Said It All. The selection was announced on January ...

A 43-year-old man suspected of stabbing two teens at ... He had been arrested earlier on an attempted murder charge against a boy, also 15. Fukuoka Prefectural Police are investigating the case ...

O-Town, a boy band from Making the Band, faces career setbacks due to confusion linking them to Sean “Diddy” Combs, who took over the show later. Despite not being associated with Diddy ...

By subway: Get off at Maidashi Kyudai Byoin-mae Station (1 minute walk) *15 minute from Fukuoka-kuko Station By car: 5 minutes from Gofukumachi ramp of Fukuoka urban expressway and 20 minutes from ...

A small town in Poland has extended an ambitious invitation to Elon Musk, imploring the world's richest man to establish his European headquarters in its 13th-century castle. Residents of ...

“I hope more people will know that there’s such delicious food in Shinkamigoto,” said a 13-year-old student of the junior high school. Town officials working in ... a good contrast to Hakata udon ...

No matter how Sunday lunchtime's tie with Spurs turns out on their all-weather pitch at The Lamb, Tamworth boss Andy Peaks says: "We're part of the town's history now." There has, of course ...