Tohoku University researchers unveil the "Dragon Fire Fighter," the world's first robot that can extinguish fires with a...

The Emperor and Empress welcome Vietnam's President and his wife to the Imperial Palace.

US and North Korean officials arrive in Singapore to prepare for a June 12th summit.

An aide to North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un leaves Beijing for New York to restart talks on a US-North Korean summit.

Japan's Imperial Family takes in a match of dakyu, a polo-like game, on the palace grounds.

KDDI unveils a robot that can sense temperature and texture, hoping it will help alleviate Japan's shortage of nursing c...

Filmmaker Chiaki Kasai wins the Mika Yamamoto journalism award Saturday for her documentary on survivors of the 2011 Gre...

In a multi-year labor-of-love project, a vehicle workshop in northern Japan painstakingly crafts a hearse with the aim o...

It's official--meteorological agency officials say that the rainy season has hit northern Kyushu and Shikoku, arriving m...

Empress Michiko harvests silk cocoons as her silk-farming activities near their conclusion.