The news of Princess Mako's upcoming engagement is sparking fresh worries over the shrinking imperial line.

Two cars fall into a rice paddy after colliding at an intersection in Fukushima Prefecture, northeast Japan.

Princess Mako and her boyfriend appear separately before the press for the first time since their engagement was reveale...

Princess Mako will reportedly get engaged to college classmate, Kei Komuro.

A suspected groper is killed by a train after fleeing his accusers in Tokyo's western suburbs.

A missing Self-Defense Force plane that was to transport a patient yesterday is found crashed in Hokkaido, northern Japa...

Okinawa Prefecture commemorates the 45th anniversary of its return to Japan after decades under US control following Wor...

Toshiba announces massive losses as Western Digital takes it to court to block it unilaterally spinning off its flash me...

A landscaper finds a body inside a refrigerator at a house whose lawn he was mowing.

With almost $20m in damages to victims through April, celebrities join an anti-fraud campaign in Tokyo.