The Meteorological Agency issues a heavy rain emergency warning for parts of Shimane Prefecture in western Japan, urging...

Japan and the European Union are in its final stage of signing a trade deal, with Japan to eliminate tariffs on EU-made ...

The giant panda born at Ueno Zoo 3 weeks ago is growing fast. Her weight has already doubled.

Prime Minister Abe says the threat from North Korea is increasing.

New diagrams show the assumed state of three meltdown-hit reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Temperatures in Tokyo soar to the hottest of the year as Japan experiences a heatwave.

The brand-new Shiki-shima luxury train gets stranded on the tracks for more than eight hours in northern Japan.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's upstart party and allies take a majority in the Tokyo assembly handing the Liberal Democra...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaking by phone discuss North Korea and confirm a t...

A surge in development helps to send roadside land prices in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza area to a record high topping the froth...