Mysterious cracks in the ground are growing, worrying people in southwest Japan.

Chinese authorities reportedly detain several Japanese company employees conducting a geological survey.

The government launches the first-ever week to help prevent accidents involving children and asking people to be careful...

A spate of accidents prompt police to ask street-legal go-kart operators to take safety measures.

Olympic organizers announce that elementary school students around Japan will vote on the mascot for the 2020 Tokyo Olym...

Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks leaves for Vietnam.

Japan scrambles planes against what appeared to be a Chinese drone over its waters near the Senkaku Islands.

Japan's cabinet approves a bill to allow Emperor Akihito to abdicate.

Fukuoka Gov. Hiroshi Ogawa asks the Japanese government to aim to register all proposed sites of Munakata region as a UN...

A Japanese music copyright administration body has told Kyoto University it will have to pay for posting lyrics of Bob D...