Celebrities throw beans at temple visitors to ring in spring in a traditional event aimed at chasing away demons and bri...

Cashless payment is accepted for the first time at post offices in Japan, starting with 65 branches. Japan Post plans to...

Major Japanese electronics maker NEC suffers a cyber attack and says hackers may have stolen 28,000 pieces of informatio...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says a government ordinance with binding power to contain the new coronavirus, including refus...

The Japanese government's third charter flight from Wuhan, China, arrives at Haneda Airport in Tokyo.

Japan has confirmed three additional cases of people infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total in the countr...

3 from the first group of 206 Japanese nationals to return to Japan from Wuhan on a charter flight are found to be infec...

Japan's Imperial Household Agency reports that Emperor Emeritus Akihito lost consciousness briefly on Wednesday evening,...

Low-cost airline Jetstar Japan refuses to let tourists from China board a plane.

The plaza of the Tokyo Games athletes' village is unveiled ahead of the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.