Japan is nearing a deal to buy a small island for US military drills.

Heavy snow lashes the Sea of Japan coast in central and northern Japan.

Women in Japan are likely to treat themselves this Valentine's Day.

An optometrist in Tokyo sells glasses at a store covered with water.

Japanese automakers are showing off the latest self-driving high-tech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Japan's space probe Hayabusa 2 will attempt its first landing on asteroid Ryugu between February 18th and 24th.

A huge tuna is placed in a shrine as an offering to business success in western Japan.

Nippon TV captured a special train apparently carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in China Tuesday. It arrived in B...

Women enact a rare style of blindfolded sumo in southwest Japan.

The New Year's first bluefin tuna auction at Tokyo's Toyosu market nets a record $3m.