A cold snap sends the mercury in Tokyo to a 36-year low and to subfreezing temperatures elsewhere.

Multiple sightings indicate that what appears to be a dolphin has been making itself at home in a river in the heart of ...

Kids at a primary school in western Japan are eating fresh lobster for lunch, and there's a special reason why...

In 2002, North Korea admitted to methodically kidnapping Japanese nationals. Megumi Yokota was taken in 1977. Few victim...

A Japanese prefecture testing a text message life consultation service gets a big response.

Japan's main island Honshu gets its first snow of the season.

The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry decides to ask the government to allow more foreign workers in.

Police arrest a sexual assault suspect soon after releasing security cam footage of the assault.

A labor union survey says about 74% of supermarket, department store and other clerks experience harassment from custome...

Japan's Imperial Couple visits Yakushima, an island in southwestern Japan, on the first leg of a 3-day tour.