Tokyo's 2020 Olympic committee will begin accepting volunteer applications amid criticism that the requirements are too ...

A Nippon News Network reporter joins Usain Bolt for a zero gravity champagne toast.

A week since 41 people died in a M6.7 quake on Japan's north isle Hokkaido, residents mourn the victims.

A candidate backed by Japan's ruling coalition and another holding the late governor's anti-US base policy will fight it...

A one-month-old female giant panda debuts at a zoo in Wakayama, central Japan.

Medical teams check earthquake evacuees in Hokkaido for deep vein thrombosis, known as "economy class syndrome" in Japan...

Repairs have begun on a key bridge to Kansai International Airport, which was heavily damaged by Typhoon Jebi.

Russian President Vladimir Putin surprises by proposing a peace treaty between his country and Japan this year.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in Vladivostock, agreeing that Abe's visit to C...

ANA teams up with JAXA to launch space-themed flights from Narita to Houston for 9 days, complete with genuine astronaut...