A senior US Marine Corps official apologizes for a window from a helicopter falling on the playground of an Okinawan ele...

Tokyo prosecutors raid the offices of construction giants Kajima and Shimizu corporations over suspicions of bid-rigging...

'Tis almost the season as post offices nationwide start accepting nengajo New Year postcards for delivery January 1.

Japan decides to freeze the assets of 19 additional North Korean organizations in a bid to exert more pressure on Pyongy...

A freed US army deserter to North Korea who married a Japanese abductee dies at 77.

Japan plans to impose a ¥1000 ($9) departure tax starting 2019.

Panda-monium reaches new highs with a panda postbox and commemorative line of stamps unveiled in the run-up to the debut...

Two new ambassadors travel to the Imperial Palace in tradition and in style by horse-drawn carriage to present their cre...

A North Korean wooden vessel that was found near an uninhabited island in southern Hokkaido late November tries to escap...

Japan's Defense Minister says the nation will purchase JSM cruise missiles capable of reaching inside North Korea.