Some 700,000 Japanese could have a gambling addiction, says a new survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

A 'castle in the sky' is seen for the first time this season in central Japan.

Japan finds 114 shops nationwide in its first survey into so-called J-K businesses that profit off the sex appeal of hig...

The family of a young man who took his life after apparently being harassed by his boss is suing Mitsubishi Electric for...

33 years ago, a factory in northern Japan made the world's first notebook PC. What was its secret sauce?

A South Korean group obtains a photo purportedly of a Japanese woman abducted by North Korean agents 40 years ago.

A Japan Airlines domestic flight from Haneda airport is canceled after fire was observed in its engine.

A ceremony to mourn victims of the eruption of Mt. Ontake three years ago takes place in central Japan.

The decommissioning of Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is delayed three years.

Japan's Meteorological Agency is to issue special information on a possible Nankai Trough mega earthquake when certain s...