Eight people were injured Friday in an apparent hammer attack at a university campus in the suburbs of Tokyo, according to ...

Heavy snow fell in areas of northern and western Japan facing the Sea of Japan on Friday, disrupting bullet train services ...

Tokyo topped the rankings of Japan's 47 prefectures in terms of the amount of spending money adults have, followed by ...

A group of men have been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle some 160 kilograms of gold bullion, worth an estimated 1.5 ...

TOKYO -- The price of vegetables remains high in Japan, with cabbage -- a popular accompaniment to "tonkatsu" fried pork ...

Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the pop idol group SMAP who is embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal, has apologized ...

Chatsumi tea picking starts in spring. "The earliest tea picking in Japan" was held on January 6, in the city of Kizugawa, ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Thursday it is important for Japan to elevate its alliance with the United ...

A film portraying the importance of opportunities for residents in Japan with foreign roots to learn their native languages ...

Japan and Malaysia agreed at their summit on Friday to strengthen ties to ensure regional security based on the rule of law ...

Japanese macaques at a natural zoo on an island in western Japan's Kagawa Prefecture have been observed hugging each other, to the surpris ...

Abe, who succeeded Koizumi in 2006, chose China and South Korea instead of the United States as his first destinations for ...