Okinawa Prefecture is hit by heavy downpours that have resulted in landslides, flooding and power outages.

A truck runs into children walking home from elementary school in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, killing two and injur...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito gives an online speech at the U.N. Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters.

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend the Japan Art Academy's award ceremony in Tokyo.

The Japanese government releases a three-dimensional hazard map that predicts what might happen if the Arakawa River, wh...

A camera captures houses collapsing in a residential area in Osaka.

Beware -- portable mini-fans can explode in your face.

The grand steward of the Imperial Household Agency says he “surmises Emperor Naruhito is concerned that the Tokyo Olympi...

A member of the Ugandan Olympic team member tests positive for the Delta variant.

Japan's top court rules that civil code provisions forcing married couples to share the same surname are constitutional.