The last solar eclipse of the Heisei period wows people around Japan.

South Korea's Defense Ministry releases a video refuting a Japanese claim that a Korean warship's radar locked onto a Ja...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the name of the new era to begin with the enthronement of Crown Prince Naruhito will be a...

New adults in a quake-hit town in southwest Japan celebrate their coming of age.

A M-5.1 earthquake shakes Kumamoto Prefecture, but leaves only minor damage.

The Nikkei 225 closes at 19,561.96 i nits first trading session of the year.

100 people don armor and wield weapons to reenact the Battle of Kawanakajima, a legendary feudal Japanese fight.

A moderately strong earthquake of six minus on Japan's intensity scale shook southwest Kumamoto at 6:10 pm Thursday.

Crowds of men in only sumo belts scramble for a ball in an ancient New Year's tradition in southwest Japan.