A record-high 1,736 minors fall victim to crimes using social media in Japan last year.

A Japanese woman left in North Korea in the chaos after World War Two met the press today.

Japan's Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry has resigned over an affair.

Aspiring actresses enter the popular Takarazuka Music School. Graduates join Takarazuka's famous cross-dressing musical ...

A spring storm drenched Tokyo and the wider Kanto region early Tuesday, followed by a summer heat wave.

Sightings of whales in Tokyo Bay have ships on the alert near Japan's capital.

An icebreaker cruise ship goes to work helping to shred the icy surface of Lake Akan in Hokkaido, northern Japan, in pre...

Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito has wrapped up a five-day visit to Malaysia.

Kumamoto is still recovering one year after a pair of powerful earthquakes struck the region.

Important cultural property Kumamoto Castle, damaged by major earthquakes in April 2016, could take 20 years to restore....