Police in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, have arrested a 42-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after he hit a woman in her 40s on the head multiple times with a hammer-like object in his ...

A former prime minister who heads the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Saturday called for the country's non-nuclear weapons principles to be upheld. Yoshihiko Noda's ...

The Hiroshima District Public Prosecutors Office has indicted a 32-year-old Vietnamese woman for allegedly killing a 32-year-old Vietnamese woman during a robbery at her home in October. According to ...

A member of Japanese female techno-pop group Perfume, A-chan, said Tuesday she has married a man she described as both her "best friend" and a "fan," just months after the popular trio announced plans ...

Sandankyo Gorge lies deep in the Akiota Mountains, northwest of Hiroshima City. Designated a Special Place of Scenic Beauty, it is Western Japan’s only gorge to receive this honor. Stretching 16 ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday declined to say whether the government will stay committed to its long-held three principles of not possessing, producing or allowing nuclear weapons in Japan, ...

Baumkuchen, a confectionery with German origins, has found an unexpected home in Japan, where it is now a wildly popular ...

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A leading bioethicist at Hiroshima University is calling for an anticipatory, rather than reactive, approach to ethics after ...

More than 14 U.S. Army and Marine divisions never landed on X-Day of Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan to end ...

“They are very happy to have Hiroshima physicians and Hiroshima government folks and Japanese government representatives come ...

As Japan moves closer to becoming the first nation to allow research on human embryos created from lab-grown sperm and eggs, a leading bioethicist at Hiroshima University has cautioned against the ...