The Japanese Defense Ministry's internal probe unit questioned Defense Minister Tomomi Inada over the cover-up of daily ...

Steelworkers turn industry to art, throwing sparks across the stage in a "Thunder Performance."

Japan is home to some of the hardest-working fathers and mothers in the world. The government is considering introducing...

The family of a man building the new Tokyo Olympic national stadium asks the government to recognize his death as suicid...

The Bank of Japan again pushes back its 2% inflation target.

Facing a water shortage, authorities move to further tighten limits on use of the Arakawa River System starting Friday.

Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are considering Okinawa or Miyagi as the starting point of the torch relay.

Japan starts using new pictograms in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Japan's defense minister may have lied in parliament in connection with the existence of logs of the Ground Self-Defense...

The mother of a mentally ill man from New Zealand who died in Japan after being bound to a bed for 10 days calls for a b...