A high court orders the Ikata nuclear plant in southwest Japan to halt one of three reactors.

Tests of airport robots are underway ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

A freed US army deserter to North Korea who married a Japanese abductee dies at 77.

Japan plans to impose a ¥1000 ($9) departure tax starting 2019.

Heavy snow and strong winds hammer Sea of Japan coastal regions as a winter pressure mass covers Japan.