12 South Koreans are arrested in Japan for smuggling 36 kilos of gold worth $1.6m.

Japan's Emperor and Empress may visit areas near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in June.

The President of Kobe Steel will resign April 1st to take responsibility for a data tampering scandal.

Mt. Shinmoe in southwest Japan erupts massively, grounding more than 90 flights at Kagoshima airport.

Japan's meteorological agency says the La Nina effect was behind an unusually cold winter in western Japan.

The third time is the charm for makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji who becomes the first Japanese to take home an Oscar in the...

Locals sneak a peek at a massive pair of sandals that are display before being to a famous Tokyo temple.

Japan will give a national award to Yuzuru Hanyu, gold medalist in men's figure skating at the Pyeongchang and Sochi Win...

A powerful low pressure system lashes Hokkaido with deadly blizzards.

Tokyo prosecutors arrest two current and former executives for bid-rigging contracts in a maglev train project.