The number of rubella infections in Japan has doubled compared with last year.

Heavy rain pounds northern Japan.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe begins his summer holiday, dining with former leaders at his vacation home near Mt. Fuji.

At a Tokyo University lab, a professor is researching the possibilities of bioybrids for use in regenerative medicine.

Japan Meteorological Agency issues a level 4 volcanic eruption warning for Kuchinoerabu Island.

South Koreans demonstrate against the Japanese government for war crimes against comfort women and forced laborers on Na...

Emperor Akihito speaks to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the end of WWII, the last such ceremony before he abdicate...

One of Japan's three major summer obon dance festivals, the all-night Gujo odori, kicks off in Gujo, central Japan.

Vacationers crowd roads, trains and airports as people return from summer holidays.

The year's 15th typhoon is forecast to land on Japan's southernmost main island Kyushu Wednesday morning.