Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits flood-hit Okayama Prefecture for inspection.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the government will use reserve funds to deliver relief supplies to communities devastate...

The body of executed former cult leader Shoko Asahara and mastermind behind the deadly 1995 Tokyo sarin gas attack is cr...

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Agency approves the restart of an aging nuclear plant northeast of Tokyo that shut down durin...

Princess Ayako and her fiance, businessman Kei Moriya, announce their engagement.

Repeat Olympic gold medalist figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu becomes the youngest person to receive the People's Honor Award.

Emperor Akihito cancels his official duties after a bout of dizziness and nausea caused by cerebral anemia.

Japan's parliament passes a work reform bill and a Trans Pacific Partnership trade bill package.

The Japanese government has announced today it has canceled evacuation drills to prepare for a potential North Korean mi...

Nippon TV cameras capture North Korean leader Kim Jong Un disembarking from his plane at Beijing Airport on his third vi...