The estimated population of brown bears in Hokkaido stood at 11,600 as of the end of 2023, down 500 from the previous year, ...

Japan is making a major push to construct new multipurpose arenas outside Tokyo and Osaka, with IG Arena in Nagoya -- Japan's ...

The population of Japanese nationals in 2024 fell by around 908,000 from a year earlier to 120,653,227, declining for the ...

Hiroshima called Wednesday for young people to take on the challenge of ridding the world of nuclear weapons and urged ...

A Japanese high court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for a 40-year-old man convicted of robbery-murder in the 2020 ...

At a time when the world is once again shrouded in nuclear fear, it is more important than ever to reaffirm a simple truth: ...

The following is the full text of the Peace Declaration read on Aug. 6 by Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui at a ceremony to mark ...

The following is the full text of a message from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, delivered on the 80th anniversary ...

Foreign visitors attending the 80th anniversary ceremony of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima said Wednesday's event serves as ...

The wife of South Korea's ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared for questioning by a special prosecutor Wednesday, ...

As days with temperatures peaking over 35 degrees Celsius continue to be recorded across Japan, bears and elephants at ...

Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children. This is perfect material for ...