Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is planning to meet with Akie Abe, the widow of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on Sunday...

CHIGASAKI, Japan - Before global leaders take the problem of plastic pollution into their hands this month, Japanese manicurist Naomi...

TOKYO - An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan's struggle to cope with misbehaving...

KOFU, Japan - Japan's revered Mount Fuji finally regained an iconic snowcap on Thursday, setting a record for the slowest snowfall in 130...

KASUKABE, Japan - Just after 5 a.m. on August 30, water began flooding a vast underground chamber called the "cathedral" just north of...

TOKYO - Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said on Monday he will call a general election for Oct. 27 following his...

TOKYO - Japan's incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he plans to hold a general election on Oct. 27. Here is what to...

TOKYO - Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said he wanted to clean up his ruling party, revitalise the economy and see off...

TOKYO - Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda confirmed on Thursday the company will not renew its 10-year contract as a top sponsor for the...

TOKYO - Shigeru Ishiba, tapped to be Japan's next prime minister, may cause diplomatic headaches for the U.S. with proposals to revamp...

TOKYO - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party votes on Friday in leadership election to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Here are...

TOKYO - A Japanese man said to have spent the world's longest time on death row was acquitted of murder on Thursday, his legal team said,...

TOKYO - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will elect its new president on Friday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida...

TOKYO - Record rains in central Japan's Noto region, still recovering from a major New Year's Day earthquake, killed at least one person...

TOKYO - Record rains in central Japan's Noto region, still recovering from a major New Year's Day earthquake, killed at least one person...

SHENZHEN, China/TOKYO - A child enrolled in a Japanese school in the Chinese city of Shenzhen has died after being stabbed on Wednesday,...

OSAKA - The Japanese maker of the brand of walkie-talkies linked to explosions targeting the Hezbollah armed group that killed 25 people...