Researchers at Osaka University become the first to treat severe heart disease by surgically transplanting sheets of hea...

The Michelin Guide awards its coveted 3-star rating to a Japanese chef in France for the first time.

Japan's Princess Kako addresses the audience in sign language at ceremony to honor mothers that raised hearing-impaired ...

Some parts of Japan's Kanto and Koshin regions, west of Tokyo, are hit with over 30cm of snow.

A taxi crashes into a convenience store in Tokyo's Ueno neighborhood on Monday night.

Tokyo police conduct training to brace for cyberattacks on companies during this summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics...

A giant Olympic emblem is lit up at a ceremony in Tokyo to mark half a year before the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Female duo Paix2 holds its 500th prison concert at Yokohama Prison to encourage inmates to rehabilitate and return to so...

A geologic age has been named Chibanian, derived from a geological stratum discovered in Chiba Prefecture.

The entrance exam season has arrived in Japan and some students are seeking help from the god of wisdom at a shrine in c...