JR East is developing a system that enables passengers to pass through ticket gates without the hassle of taking out or ...

Japanese Nobel laureate Akira Yoshino gives a lecture on lithium-ion batteries in Stockholm.

Prince Hisahito and his sister Princess Kako attend a speech contest for young people in Tokyo, their first official dut...

Japan's Empress Masako celebrates her 56th birthday, her first since becoming empress earlier this year.

The body of Dr. Tetsu Nakamura is returned to his hometown, Fukuoka, after he was killed in an attack in Afghanistan las...

A ceremony marks the 78th anniversary of the Japanese Imperial Army's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that pulled the Un...