Six years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, train service is returning to an evacuated area.

Home delivery giant Yamato Transport Co. is considering across the board price hikes for the first time in 27 years.

Japan's Cabinet approves a bill toughening sex crime laws for the first time in 110 years.

Tokyo expects a roughly 280-billion dollar windfall from hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike test-rides an eco-friendly fuel cell bus.

North Korea launches four ballistic missiles, three falling into Japan's exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan.

A town office in a small town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant disaster reopens for the first time since ...

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko return home after a week visiting Vietnam and Thailand.

Japan Air Lines celebrates Girls' Festival with a special all-women flight.

The decommissioning process at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has just started.