Izumisano, a city in western Japan's Osaka Prefecture, is seeking to open a baby hatch during the current fiscal year through March 2027, allowing parents who are unable to care for their infants to l ...

Reducing bear numbers during the spring is expected to help prevent the damage they can cause. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Efforts are now fully underway to remove “spring bears” that are still in hibernation or lethargic just after emerging from ...

An NHK survey has found that 20 of Japan's 47 prefectures have signed memorandums with foreign governments to secure workers ...

KANAZAWA—The campaign for the Ishikawa Upper House by-election started on April 7 amid political confusion and ill-feelings ...

Japanese semiconductor producer Kioxia Corp. and its U.S. partner, Western Digital Corp., are planning a merger that they ...

The Yomiuri ShimbunHiroyuki Akatsuka checks the condition of coffee trees in Yamagata Prefecture. Courtesy of Bankoku CoffeeA ...

The 278 victims of two massive earthquakes that struck Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture in April 2016 are remembered, while the ...

A walk-off via ABS challenge? It took less than a week for Major League Baseball to see the first of its kind. The system, in which a hitter, pitcher, or catcher can challenge a called ball or strike ...

This “challenge” was the wurst. Citi Field tried to glom onto the viral “999 Challenge,” in which baseball fans gobble down nine hot dogs and nine beers in nine innings — but my attempt to devour the ...

With a new Major League Baseball season here, a major change will play a unique role in how the year progresses. Coming to the majors this season is the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, or ABS ...

Robo-umps have arrived. Kinda. Beginning this season, Major League Baseball will use the ABS (short for automated balls and strikes) challenge system, so it's not full robo-umps, but there is now a ...