Men take a portable shrine for a dip in a waterfall in an ancient summer rite in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan.

Maiko in full dress and makeup visit their teachers in 98 degree heat to observe a traditional holiday.

Japanese and Russian foreign and defense minister meet in Moscow, saying they will cooperate on North Korean denucleariz...

Japan's government creates a new team to prevent terrorism with an eye toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Typhoon Jongdari has slowed down but deadly heat wave continues to smother the nation.

A flood-hit university in Hiroshima restarts classes.

Japan vows to reduce its 47 tons of plutonium stockpile.

Researchers at Kyoto University announce they will begin clinical trials treating Parkinson's disease with iPS cells.

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai returns to earth after a six-month stint on the International Space Station and calls...

Typhoon Jongdari does minimal damage on Honshu this weekend. Rescue workers resume searching for missing people and repa...