Heavy snow persists on the Sea of Japan coast, disrupting transportation in Fukui Prefecture following last week's recor...

Japan and Singapore's foreign ministers have agreed to stop Southeast Asia from being a route for North Korea to evade U...

Health experts call for safer use of anesthesia during childbirth amid rising painkiller-assisted deliveries.

Newly released video shows a giant panda couple in the midst of a fight at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo.

A worker is in critical condition after a factory fire in Yokohama.

Japan's Meteorological Agency warns of more heavy snow on the Sea of Japan coast and northeast Japan.

People in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture are celebrating the upcoming Doll Festival in March by hanging doll ornaments.

A woman in western Japan is shaking up the all-male world of rickshaw drivers at a sacred Shinto shrine.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tells South Korean President Moon Jae-In the 2015 "comfort women" deal is final at a...

The North Korean crew of a boat that landed on an inhabited islet off Hokkaido is deported.