4,091 people enter an annual race to see who can run to the top of Mt. Fuji the fastest.

Typhoon Jongdari heads for Japan, threatening further damage to flood-ravaged regions in western Japan and disrupting a ...

Vacant schoolhouses in Japan are being repurposed as accommodations with the hope of spurring regional revitalization.

A new survey shows about 90% of plastic surgeries in Japan are done to the face, while the figure is only 40% overseas....

The search for the missing continues in flooded Hiroshima under a scorching sun.

A heatwave continues in western Japan as temperatures in Yamaguchi top 38.8, a new high.

A food stall owner at Osaka Castle Park is indicted for evading more than $1.1m in taxes.

Temperatures soar across Japan as the nation remains in the grip of a deadly heat wave.

With two years till the Tokyo 2020 Olympics police are drilling for possible terror attacks.

A heavily flooded town in western Japan restores its water supply.