Okagi Hayashi, a 115-year-old woman in Toki in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, has become the country's oldest person following the death in late December of the previous titleholder, who lived to the ...

By Martin Fackler Reporting from Tokyo Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman born before the ... she died peacefully of complications related to old age. “I offer my deepest condolences,” said ...

TAKASAKI, Gunma — A daruma doll is a traditional Japanese craft known as a good luck charm called “Engi daruma.” The eyes of a new daruma are blank. You fill in the right side (the left eye of the ...

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The MFJ is a research center designed to bring about a better mutual understanding between Japan and France, and a space for scientific exchange, where many leading figures from the French ...

Police in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, have arrested an 81-year-old man on suspicion of threatening his 55-year-old son with a knife at their home on Wednesday. The son called 110 at around 1:50 p.m. and ...

But when she opened her mouth to speak, it was with a cheerful, slightly nasal twang: the voice of a 24-year-old stay-at-home mother. To generations of Japanese, she is Sazae-san, the titular char ...

This is not the first time Japan has hit the headlines for its old-fashioned habits - which remain a paradox given the country's proficiency at developing exciting new products. Various ...