All four giant pandas at a zoo in the western Japan town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, are set to be returned to China, ...

Survivors and families of victims of a 2005 West Japan Railway Co. train derailment offered prayers at an event marking the ...

April 25 marks 20 years since a morning rush hour train derailed on the JR Fukuchiyama Line in western Japan, killing 106 ...

The Japan Rugby Football Union has demanded the immediate reinstatement of its Chairman Kensuke Iwabuchi to the Asia Rugby ...

U.S. preorders for the Nintendo Switch 2 kicked off shortly after the clock struck midnight Thursday. But chaos soon ensued ...

TOKYO -- Three artifacts described as "dogu" earthenware figurines from Japan's ancient Jomon period were removed from the ...

Japan's Supreme Court on April 23 upheld two lower court rulings that ordered the city of Akitakata, Hiroshima Prefecture, to ...

Somei Yoshino cherry trees bloomed on April 20 at Matsumae Park in the town of Matsumae, located in the southernmost part of ...

The Nikkei stock index rose for the third straight day to end up nearly 2 percent Friday, lifted by hopes of easing trade ...

The Nikkei stock index briefly surged over 2 percent Friday afternoon as buying accelerated after a report that China is ...

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell to a record low in fiscal 2023 for the second straight year on the back of reduced ...

Heat from lighting equipment used to film a drama has left a scorch mark on the floor of Rinkokaku, a national important ...