A new urine test that can reveal cancer in infants as well as breast and other cancers is to begin clinical trials in Ja...

Japan's top Finance Ministry bureaucrat is accused of sexual harassment.

The Abe administration is in crisis over a poll showing its support at a record low.

A matsutake mushroom sells for around $375 at the season's first auction in southwestern Japan.

A university in a well-known sake-making region launches a special course to educate and promote sake produced in Niigat...

Two years since a series of earthquakes damaged a castle in Kumamoto, rebuilding is making progress.

A group of high school girls in Japan gives new meaning to the ancient art form of calligraphy.

People celebrate a Daruma lucky doll spring festival in Akita, northwest Japan.

A Korean Air Lines jet hits its tail on the runway while landing at Kansai airport.

A parade commemorating the 35th anniversary of Tokyo Disneyland is unveiled.