A university in central Japan develops less perfect robots to create a world where people and robots can better collabor...

Panda cub Xiang Xiang enjoys her first spring cherry blossoms.

Shikoku Electric will decommission a reactor at its Ikata nuclear plant.

Japan's national pension says data was mistakenly entered on over 100,000 people and pensions underpaid by about $19m.

People in Tokyo take advantage of beautiful weather to marvel at the cherry blossoms in many different ways.

Japan's transport ministry hits Nissan with an improvement order for allowing unauthorized personnel to conduct final ch...

Farmers in Kyoto start shipping bamboo shoots, a spring delicacy.

A study finds elderly people who did not exercise saw an improvement in their memory after playing golf regularly for si...

The No.3 reactor at the Genkai nuclear plant in southwest Japan is reactivated after more than 7 years offline.

23 years after killing 13 people in Japan's deadliest terrorist incident, reshuffled versions of the Aum Shinrikyo cult ...