Tokyo University, Japan's most prestigious, welcomes more than 3100 freshmen.

Japan and the United States are considering a joint naval exercise, including aircraft carrier the USS Carl Vinson.

Popular figure skater Mao Asada holds a retirement presser in the wake of her announcement she was ending her career Mon...

Violent winds leave a trail of damage in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

Police drilled a terrorist attack at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.

Japan's education ministry finds 204 cases of bullying of students who evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture after the 201...

Japan's health ministry says two pregnant women have died of parrot fever since 2016.

Toyota Motor announces an investment of $1.33 billion for upgrading its assembly plant in Kentucky.

A group of disabled people get the first look at a spot famous for cherry blossom viewing.

A government-affiliated research institute forecasts the nation's population will drop below the 100-million mark around...