Tokyo will pay for temporary facilities for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to be built outside the capital.

Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida does not think an immediate revision of the constitution is necessary.

Tokyo Electric Power Company hopes to resume operations at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant to revive its business.

The US military ignites further opposition in Okinawa as it conducts the second paratrooper drill in less than three we...

A brain-dead boy under six will donate his heart and lungs for transplant to other children.

A tick-borne virus kills a woman in her 70s in Sasebo, amid a rash of infections in western Japan.

Japan's convenience store giant Lawson has become the latest to go decaf.

Emperor Akihito decorates a number of public figures including former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.

The transport ministry is reviewing the safety of street go-karting for the first time in light of rising traffic accide...

Publishers are considering legal action after a website called Free Books posted a large number of manga and magazines w...