A rubella outbreak continues to spread.

Shinzo Abe will meet Vladimir Putin and Xi Jingping when he visits Vladivostok from September 10th to 13th.

Japan is expected to recommend raising Pacific bluefin tuna fishing allowances 15% at an international conference in Fuk...

Typhoon Jebi hits western Japan, bringing heavy rain and damaging wind gusts to the nation.

Department stores get a head start vying for high-end traditional osechi New Year meal orders, with some offerings appro...

"Extremely powerful" typhoon Jebi is expected to rock western Japan when it makes landfall on Tuesday.

Princess Kako helps kick off a computer programming competition north of Tokyo by giving her first official address in E...

A new purse-style personal safety alarm is designed to make it easier for women to carry the devices.

A tourist boat captures rare images of an endangered right whale off Japan's pristine Shiretoko Peninsula.

Over 700 people are ordered to evacuate when heavy rain causes a major river in Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan, to ...