With the space economy heating up, private enterprises are eyeing the moon as a potential cash-cow.

Japan's defense minister complains to the US after three military copters flew over a primary school in Okinawa.

A luminescent contrail left by a rocket bedazzles people in southwest Japan.

Solid-fuel rocket Epsilon-3 launches a commercial satellite into space from Kagoshima, southwestern Japan.

Riders of Tokyo's spotless subway are surprised by the sight of huge graffiti tags.

A quake drill for foreigners is held in Tokyo exactly 23 years since the Hanshin mega quake.

Wednesday marks 23 years since the Hanshin mega quake killed more than 6400 people in the Kobe-Osaka area.

A Tokyo travel agency that sold a package tour to see the popular men's figure skating at the Pyeongchang Olympics is in...

Japan's public broadcaster NHK issues mistaken breaking news of a North Korean missile launch.

Japan's powerful Keidanren business group says it will consider Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's request to give workers a 3%...