Japan's Toray Industries admits its subsidiary falsified test data for tire materials over more than eight years.

A wild boar invades Japan's ancient capital Kyoto, fracturing a man's arm.

A team at Tokyo University makes the world's first high-tech product from rare earths found at the bottom of the Pacific...

Two more possible North Korean boats, one with 8 bodies aboard, are found in northern Japan.

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko welcome Luxembourg's Grand Duke Henri, who is visiting Japan as a state guest with h...

Tokyo Metro unveils 500 Series type train that serviced the capitals of Japan and Argentina--each for two decades. Retur...

Fukui Governor Issei Nishikawa says he will approve the restart of two reactors at a nuclear power plant in the prefectu...

8 North Koreans are found washed ashore on a Japan Sea coastal city.

The only nuclear power plant in the Greater Tokyo Area seeks a 20-year extension.

People are throwing one-yen coins to comfort the ancestors in this temple.