At least 3 people are dead as torrential rain continues to fall in western Japan.

UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner emphasizes the importance of Africa's development in an interview with Nippon TV.

A truck catches fire on a Tokyo expressway and is completely burned down.

Japan's empress emerita plays the piano with a world famous flutist in preparation for a music festival in Kusatsu.

The electronic customs declaration gate at Narita Airport is now available for use by all travelers arriving at Terminal...

Weather officials call on residents in southwestern Japan to remain on alert for landslides after torrential rain hits t...

Delivery service giant Yamato unveils a "flying truck" that can transport parcels.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump agree to the terms of a trade deal on the sidelines of the G7 Su...

A caretaker is found unconscious by the cage of a rhinoceros at Tama Zoological Park and later pronounced dead.

Tokyo stock prices sink and the yen rises on the back of growing worries about US-China trade friction.