Tempers flare as Japan holds an annual rally to lay claim to disputed South Korean-held islands midway between the count...

The government adds 16 major active faults to its list of those to be monitored, bringing the total in earthquake-prone ...

Opposition lawmakers question the unusually cheap sale of government property to an educational institution linked to Ja...

Defense Ministry officials defend a female colleague treated poorly by a male parliament member.

Kwansei Gakuin University disciplines a non-Japanese lecturer for radiation-related discriminatory remarks against a gir...

Tokyo's Ueno Zoo takes popular giant pandas Ri Ri and Shin Shin off public display for mating season.

The Japan Business Federation, Keidanren, says it is concerned that Toshiba technology leaving Japan could negatively af...

Hundreds of people descend on a hot spring resort town...to face off in combat with pillows.

Ninja appear in Shiga Prefecture's town of Koga, a place famous as an historical hotbed of the shadow warriors...and mod...

US President Donald Trump will take any measures necessary to prevent North Korea's missile development.