Shinzo Abe pledges to bolster Japan's defense to counter North Korea and carry out a human resources revolution in his f...

In 2002, North Korea admitted to methodically kidnapping Japanese nationals. Megumi Yokota was taken in 1977. Few victim...

A Japanese prefecture testing a text message life consultation service gets a big response.

Japan's main island Honshu gets its first snow of the season.

The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry decides to ask the government to allow more foreign workers in.

Police arrest a sexual assault suspect soon after releasing security cam footage of the assault.

Japan Coast Guard rescues three North Korean men after their fishing vessel capsizes, and continues to search for 12 mor...

A labor union survey says about 74% of supermarket, department store and other clerks experience harassment from custome...

Japan's Imperial Couple visits Yakushima, an island in southwestern Japan, on the first leg of a 3-day tour.

The press tours the Tokyo palace where Trump was treated to a banquet last week.