Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority effectively approves the safety review of the Onagawa No. 2 nuclear reactor in Miya...

Pope Francis holds mass at Tokyo Dome on Monday and speaks at Sophia University on Tuesday before departing Japan.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomes the families of former leprosy patients to his office for the first time since a law ...

Osaka tax authorities crack down on the operator of popular takoyaki restaurant Hanadako for hiding $1.3 mil. in income ...

After the US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, a US military photographer captured this iconic image. This week the pi...

Pope Francis meets with Emperor Naruhito and victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

A 1,000-year-old festival in western Japan is held to comfort the spirit of a 9th century noble.

A Santa Claus display in western Japan looks back on events of the past year.

Pope Francis appeals for peace at a gathering at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.

Pope Francis calls for a world free of nuclear weapons in his speech in Nagasaki.