People in Hiroshima and Nagasaki welcome news that the U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty will take effect in January.

Central Japan Railway Company invites media for a test ride of its updated maglev bullet train.

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force holds an artillery firing exercise on the foothills of Mt. Fuji.

Chinese boats have remained in Japanese water around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for the longest time.

Arrangements are being made for International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach to visit Japan in November.

The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States, Australia and India meet in Tokyo for the first international ministe...

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide holds his first talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

The Japanese government is planning to ease COVID-19 border controls on foreign nationals from October by allowing new e...

Suga Yoshihide takes the reins as Japan's new Prime Minister.

Suga Yoshihide holds his first news conference as Japanese Prime Minister and pledges to pursue his predecessor's polici...