Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum has a new exhibit of A-bomb-related materials to replace a mannequin exhibit hibakusha s...

Crowds of well-wishers welcome home "smiling Cinderella" golf sensation Hinako Shibuno after her win at the Women's Bri...

Typhoon Francisco, the 8th of the year, lands in southwestern Japan and disrupts air travel.

As Hiroshima marks the 74th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, Mayor Kazumi Matsui urges the Abe administr...

The mercury hits 38 C in Gifu and Yamanashi prefectures as Typhoon Francisco approaches Kyushu.

Electronics maker NEC shows off an experimental flying car.

A 23-meter-tall Princes Kaguya float debuts at the Goshogawara Tachinebuta Festival in Aomori Prefecture.

Officials say the M6.4 earthquake that shook northeastern Japan Sunday evening is likely an aftershock of the 2011 Great...

TEPCO is just a few years into its 40-year plan to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant. This week, work beg...

Blind 12-year-old drum wonder Hibiki Sakai is growing more independent, and has a special message for his mama on Mother...