Steelworkers turn industry to art, throwing sparks across the stage in a "Thunder Performance."

The family of a man building the new Tokyo Olympic national stadium asks the government to recognize his death as suicid...

The Bank of Japan again pushes back its 2% inflation target.

Facing a water shortage, authorities move to further tighten limits on use of the Arakawa River System starting Friday.

Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are considering Okinawa or Miyagi as the starting point of the torch relay.

Japan starts using new pictograms in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The mother of a mentally ill man from New Zealand who died in Japan after being bound to a bed for 10 days calls for a b...

Japan's government warns game makers GungHo and Gree over misleading ads.

A market featuring wind bells from across Japan opens at Kawasaki Daishi temple in Kanagawa Prefecture.

SoftBank unveils an upgraded Pepper robot that can remember an unlimited number of faces.