The chairman of Kansai Electric Power Co. resigns over a scandal involving questionable gifts he and other executives ha...

US President Donald Trump wishes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a happy birthday on the wrong day.

US President Donald Trump touts signing a trade deal with Japan, calling it a "game changer" for US farmers and ranchers...

A $750,000 custom-made vehicle that will carry Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako in a parade on October 22 is unveiled...

A Japanese patrol boat collides with a North Korean fishing boat in Japan's EEZ off Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan.

Ntsiki Biyela grew up under apartheid in South Africa and eventually became the first black woman there to sell her own ...

A rehearsal for the parade that will follow Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony on October 22 is held in Tokyo.

Japan's prime minister calls for debate on the Constitution in a policy speech to parliament.

A popular onsen city in Oita Prefecture starts to deliver hot spring water to homes across Japan.

Thieves are caught on security cameras stealing cash from laundromats in Tokyo.