Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide will lead a 2020 mission to the International Space Station.

Mt. Shinmoe in southwest Japan erupts for the first time in over four months.

Japan will give a national award to Yuzuru Hanyu, gold medalist in men's figure skating at the Pyeongchang and Sochi Win...

A powerful low pressure system lashes Hokkaido with deadly blizzards.

Tokyo prosecutors arrest two current and former executives for bid-rigging contracts in a maglev train project.