Rambunctious crowds of Halloween revelers bring chaos to the streets of Tokyo's bustling Shibuya district.

Japan's Princess Ayako, the third daughter of the late Prince Takamado, ties the knot with commoner Kei Moriya.

Japan launches a new satellite with enhanced capabilities to monitor global warming gas emissions to shed light on clima...

Okinawa's assembly passes a bill to hold a referendum on land reclamation for a new US base.

Japan's Princess Ayako, the third daughter of late Prince Takamado, visits the Imperial Palace and bids farewell to the...

A castle in the sky in Ono, Fukui Prefecture, enchants spectators.

Osaka Prefectural Police plan to take disciplinary action against a police station in Osaka after an inmate's escape rev...

Freelance journalist Junpei Yasuda comes back to Japan after being held captive by an armed militant group in Syria.

Junpei Yasuda, a freelance journalist held by an armed group in Syria for more than three years, is freed in Turkey.

Anxiety spikes as another maker admits to falsifying quake damper data in earthquake-prone Japan.