A baby panda at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo draws a record more than 320,000 proposals for its name.

Japan will drill its emergency J-Alert system Friday to be ready for the possible flight of a North Korean missile over ...

New US ambassador William Hagerty arrives in Japan vowing to boost business and defense ties.

A river otter captured on film on Tsushima Island could be a species the government declared extinct in 2012. It's the f...

Japan's Ministry of Defense decides to purchase land-based Aegis Ashore anti-missile systems from the U.S. to defend aga...

1,000 dancers wearing lanterns on their heads put on a legendary performance in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Japan's defense and foreign ministers meet with U.S. National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster and agree to strengthen def...

A kindly "ugume" mom-ghost gives kids the shivers at a Buddhist temple in Nagasaki.

Preparations are underway for the Imperial Couple to visit disaster-struck areas of southwest Japan.

For the first time in 40 years Tokyo has 16 consecutive rainy days in August.