The families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean operatives about 40 years ago head to the US, hoping Preside...

Japan's Imperial Couple hosts the Swedish royals at an exhibit on Swedish scientists in Tokyo.

Unesco lists Japan's Izu Peninsula as a Global Geopark.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves for the US to hold talks with President Donald Trump.

A university in a well-known sake-making region launches a special course to educate and promote sake produced in Niigat...

China announces the first high-level economic talks with Japan in eight years.

A Korean Air Lines jet hits its tail on the runway while landing at Kansai airport.

Service workers in Japan have the lowest labor productivity among five advanced countries in a new survey.

Master armor craftsmen continue a proud and exacting tradition of making armor 150 years after Japan said sayonara to fe...

A powerful quake rocks predawn Shimane Prefecture injuring at least five people.