Major Japanese restaurant chain Ootoya will close half its stores over the New Year's due to a lack of workers.

Remedial safety work begins at the new site for Tokyo's famous fish market, where toxins were found underground.

The giant panda cub Xiang Xiang is shown to the media and select guests as panda fever grips Tokyo.

A senior US Marine Corps official apologizes for a window from a helicopter falling on the playground of an Okinawan ele...

Tokyo prosecutors raid the offices of construction giants Kajima and Shimizu corporations over suspicions of bid-rigging...

A cold snap delivers winter chills to Tokyo, sending the mercury below zero and bringing unseasonably cold temperatures ...

A young art prodigy battles Asperger syndrome and schizophrenia.

'Tis almost the season as post offices nationwide start accepting nengajo New Year postcards for delivery January 1.

Japan decides to freeze the assets of 19 additional North Korean organizations in a bid to exert more pressure on Pyongy...

A robot expo in Tokyo features intelligent walkers, muscle suits and other health-care devices that could help ease Japa...