The USS Ronald Reagan is filmed by a Nippon TV-NNN crew cruising the Tsugaru Strait in the wake of North Korea's ballist...

Princess Mako leaves for Bhutan on her first official tour abroad since the news of her upcoming engagement.

Firefly season begins in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, attracting visitors.

Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito will visit Denmark to commemorate 150 years of diplomatic relations between the two countr...

Japan's government says suicides are decreasing, but the country still ranks 6th in the world.

Japanese municipalities begin searching for art to spruce up decorative license plates, set for release next year.

Japan's government says the jobs-to-applicants ratio for April is the highest in 43 years.

Japan's Air Self Defense Force reveals its F-15 fighter jets conducted a joint exercise with U.S. B-1 bombers in the air...

Empress Michiko shows interest in anime classic Doraemon while visiting a literary museum in Toyama Prefecture.

A North Korean missile falls into the Sea of Japan, prompting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to promise concrete action worki...