33 years ago, a factory in northern Japan made the world's first notebook PC. What was its secret sauce?

A South Korean group obtains a photo purportedly of a Japanese woman abducted by North Korean agents 40 years ago.

A Japan Airlines domestic flight from Haneda airport is canceled after fire was observed in its engine.

A ceremony to mourn victims of the eruption of Mt. Ontake three years ago takes place in central Japan.

The decommissioning of Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is delayed three years.

Japan's Meteorological Agency is to issue special information on a possible Nankai Trough mega earthquake when certain s...

Special new unlimited ride expressway passes target foreign tourists traveling by rental car in Japan.

A runaway van nearly hits pedestrians at Tokyo's famous Shibuya crossing.

Organizers reveal a new motion graphic for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

A court in Tokyo ends government surveillance of Circle of Light, an offshoot of death cult Aum Shinrikyo.