South Korean President Moon Jae-in tells the Washington Post he wants an official government apology for comfort women, ...

Rainy season begins in Japan's Hokuriku and Tohoku regions as storms pelt Wakayama with record rainfall.

Decommissioned bullet train cars are hauled to a museum in central Japan.

It's been learned Japan's Toshiba Corporation favors a Japanese, U.S. and South Korean group to buy its semiconductor bu...

Eight days since the birth of a panda at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, the cub is showing the first signature signs of black.

The announcement of Princess Mako's engagement with college friend Kei Komuro is set for July 8. She is the first grandc...

Mt. Nantai at famous sightseeing spot Nikko north of Tokyo is reclassified as an active volcano.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike says Tokyo's famous fish market will move to a contaminated new site at Toyosu, and the old...

Ahead of the July sumo tourney, craft-makers are busy creating banners for the wrestlers.

The waters of Tokyo Bay have turned bluish white, alarming people near Japan's capital.