Amid a nuclear shutdown, Japan’s embattled Tepco takes the wraps off a giant thermal generator.

An exhaustive record of the life of Emperor Hirohito may shed new light on WWII.

A baby red panda was shown to the media for the first time at a zoo in Aichi.

Search and rescue efforts continue in Hiroshima as the number of missing jumps to 26 with 39 dead.

Japan's Defense Ministry seeks new funds to buy US weapons, citing a territorial dispute with China.

Hometown Saitama fetes astronaut Koichi Wakata, Japan's first commander of the International Space Station.

111-year-old Sakari Momoi has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest man.

A series of landslides triggered by heavy rains hit a residential area of Hiroshima, killing at least 32 people and ...

Sports Vice Minister Yoshitaka Sakurada rides from Narita airport to downtown Tokyo by wheelchair to demonstrate Tok...

Scientists say an active volcano in the Ogasawa Islands could trigger a deadly tsunami.