The Air Self-Defense Force’s YS-11, the first passenger jet model made in Japan following World War II, makes its last f...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hold online talks with six survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake in Miya...

Starbucks is selling reusable silicone straws in Japan as part of efforts to reduce plastic waste.

A rare poster of the 1983 film “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” starring David Bowie is stolen from a movie theater in T...

A beaming bullet train runs through Kyushu area to mark the 10th anniversary of the Kyushu Shinkansen.

Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide gets the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

More people are going out as temperatures rise in Tokyo where cherry flowers began to bloom over the weekend.

Police in central Japan arrest an American teacher on suspicion of posting a death threat video on social media.

A violin made from the lone pine tree that survived the March 2011 tsunami in Iwate Prefecture is featured at a memorial...

More than 35,000 residents of Fukushima Prefecture are still evacuating from their homes due to effects of the nuclear d...