The battle to lead the Liberal Democratic Party kicks off with LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba looking to unseat Pr...

Hundreds of hogs are culled after swine fever is confirmed at a pig farm in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan.

Hokkaido grapples with reduced power supply in the wake of last week's massive earthquake.

The death toll from the massive earthquake that rocked northern Japan last week rises to 40.