Japan successfully launches a rocket carrying a cargo vessel for the International Space Station after two postponements...

The Japan Coast Guard sends the case of a U.S. Osprey crash in Okinawa 3 years ago to the public prosecutors' office.

Japan's Princess Kako visits a Japanese school in Budapest.

Japan and the United States wrap up final ministerial trade talks before the bilateral summit meeting on Wednesday.

A salmon swims upstream in a river in northeastern Japan.

Japan and South Korea remain at odds over rulings on compensation for former requisitioned workers during World War II a...

The Tokyo District Court acquits 3 former TEPCO executives of professional negligence in connection with the Fukushima D...

North Korea's ambassador for normalizing relations with Japan says concrete action from Tokyo is needed to realize summi...

Snow falls on Mt. Kurodake for the first time this season in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

Emperor Naruhito harvests rice from paddies at the Imperial Palace for the first time since becoming emperor.