South Korea says the 2015 comfort women accord with Japan does not sufficiently reflect views of victims.

Eight N.Korean men whose wood fishing boat drifted into Japanese waters leave for home via China.

Nearly half of a US military training area in Okinawa Prefecture is returned to landowners.

Japan's Cabinet approves the largest general account budget in history for fiscal 2018.

Kansai Electric Power Company tells Fukui Prefecture that it will decommission two reactors at Oi Nuclear Power Plant.

Ghost boats believed to be from North Korea are washing up on Japanese shores, causing problems for local communities.

2 more bodies are found under a boat believed to be from North Korea that washed up in Japan last week.

Japanese lunar probe Sorato leaves for India from where it will try to land on the moon and claim Google's XPRIZE.

Japan will request a record roughly $46b defense budget next fiscal year.

The giant panda cub Xiang Xiang is shown to the media and select guests as panda fever grips Tokyo.