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

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

Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief representative in tariff negotiations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bank of Japan chief Kazuo Ueda on Thursday emphasized the importance of central bank independence in maintaining economic ...

Japan's government on Friday unveiled a package of emergency economic measures to counter the adverse effects of U.S.

Rice prices in Tokyo surged more than 90 percent in April from a year earlier, despite recent stockpile releases by the ...