Okinawa marks the 72nd anniversary of the end of a World War II battle in the southwestern Japan prefecture.

Ueno Zoo says its newborn giant panda cub turns out to be female.

The mayor of Iwakuni says he will accept the transfer of the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier air wing from Kanagawa Prefect...

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike proposes fish markets at both Tsukiji and Toyosu to push the stalled market move project for...

A Delta flight makes an emergency landing in Tokyo after smoke is detected in the cabin.

A member of Japan's parliament has left the ruling party after assaulting and insulting a secretary.

A giant eel is the talk of the town in Mie, central Japan.

Bullet train service in western Japan is back to normal after a 5-hour power outage.

The Japan Meteorological Agency announces that the rainy season is over in Okinawa, southwest Japan.

Japan issues a map showing expanded territorial waters around Nishi-no-Shima, an active volcanic island in the Pacific.