Samantha Thavasa recruits an android to help sell handbags amid a serious labor shortage in the apparel industry.

Girls graduate from an elementary school in Kyoto wearing kimonos made of locally produced silk fabric.

Basket clam fishing is resumed at a lake where a U.S. jet fighter dumped fuel tanks last month.

Tokyo firefighters drill for a massive quake in a city with some of the world's most dense housing.

A self-driving snow cart undergoes testing in central Japan.

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov agree to further talks to pave the way to ...

Police in Tokyo hold a memorial ceremony to remember and pray for the souls of fallen canine partners.

Japan is working to arrange a trilateral summit that would bring leaders from South Korea and China to Japan in early Ma...

Toyota suspends autonomous driving tests on public roads in the United States following a fatal Uber self-driving test m...

Japan's Empress Michiko will miss a court ritual due to strong pain in her leg.