Japan's economy minister expresses unease at a US plan to consider imposing new tariffs on imported vehicles.

Drivers are surprised by a spot-billed duck family crossing a congested road north of Tokyo.

The Finance Ministry submits "discarded" documents on the controversially discounted sale of state land to school operat...

The Defense Ministry concludes there was no systemic cover-up of "missing" Ground Self-Defense Force peacekeeping logs i...

E-sports will be added to Japan's National Sports Festival for the first time next year.

The price of pacific bluefin tuna may be headed down as new research shows stocks rebounding.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denies meeting a close friend in 2015 in connection with a favoritism scandal over a veterinar...

The mayor of a Tokyo suburb will resign to take responsibility for sexual misconduct against female employees.

Empress Michiko feeds silkworms mulberry leaves as her silk-farming activities at the Imperial Palace near their end.

US-based online room broker Airbnb teams up with the FamilyMart convenience store chain.