Japan and Russia have been in a dispute over who owns four islands north of Hokkaido for over 70 years.Even so, their le...

Residents in Bibai, northern Japan are surprised to find a bear cub on the outskirts of town.

The Bank of Japan lifts its economic assessment, using the word 'expansion' for the first time in nine years.

The central government's Earthquake Research Committee releases quake probability data indicating the chance of a massi...

Just when you thought it was over--"hanami" of a different sort is in full swing as 200-year-old Yamada wisteria blossom...

National air safety authorities say the pilot of a Japan Air Self-Defense Force helicopter was to blame for a near-miss ...

There's now a bra in Japan to encourage people to leave work early inspired by the government's 'Premium Friday' campai...

A famous Buddhist temple in Kyoto is found to have paid no overtime to its monks for the past three years.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologizes after Reconstruction Minister Masahiro Imamura resigns over an inappropriate remark...

The East Building of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Museum reopens after a massive renovation.