Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tells Japan Self-Defense Force leaders that the nation faces an "extremely grave" security sit...

Tokyo's new governor says she'll deal with the city's daycare crisis--and halve her own salary to show she means it.

A powerful low pressure system is dumping more rain on recently flooded northern Japan.

Japan's government is considering a system of letters and numbers to more easily identify highways.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemns what South Korea's Defense Ministry says is North Korea's 5th nuclear test.

Rwanda, nearly brought to its knees in 1994, is now one of the most thriving countries in Africa thanks to information t...

A city in Japan builds the country's first underground tsunami shelter, but questions remain.

Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi calls current leader Shinzo Abe a liar for saying the contaminated water problem...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Laos and requests the expedient re...

Apple says iPhone 7's Japanese release will be compatible with the FeliCa system.