Four Japanese governors ask Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a stronger response to the North Korean missile threat.

An elderly woman gets a shock when she finds ¥20m in the garbage.

Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera visits Okinawa for the first time after his reappointment to the post.

A village registered as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site celebrates coming-of-age.

Japan's GDP expanded an annualized 4.0% in April-June.

A woman's dream is realized when her retired steam locomotive lives to see another day.

Japan's Defense Ministry allows the U.S. military to resume flights of Osprey transport planes grounded in the wake of a...

Japan celebrates Mountain Day with festivals, mountain songs and catching goldfish.

Japan's Ministry of Defense considers stationing PAC-3 anti-missile defense systems in the Shikoku and Chukoku regions t...

The Obon summer holiday means airports, train stations and highways are packed with travelers.