A committee created by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike recommends cutting costs for three proposed Olympic venues.

Talks begin on who will pay to decommission Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Consumers are likely to be...

Lawmakers in Okinawa, Japan approve a resolution protesting the crash of a US fighter jet.

Japan's opposition lawmaker Yoshihiko Noda grills Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a parliamentary session.

A memorial is held near Mt. Ontake in Nagano Prefecture, two years after Japan's worst postwar volcanic disaster.

Kumamon, the official mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, "appears" on a lawn in Kumamoto city.

Removal of tsunami debris from waters near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant gets underway.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledges additional efforts to breathe life into the economy and calls for debate on re...

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet departs for the US for test flights a month behind schedule.

A shinkansen bullet train makes an emergency stop after a passenger finds a snake coiled around an armrest.