An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 hit the Tokara Islands in southwestern Japan on Wednesday, an area that has ...

Bowls of cooked rice and rice balls -- essentials in typical Japanese meals -- are appearing less frequently on dining tables ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated the idea of further increasing tariffs on imports from Japan, envisioning a ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have unearthed what may be an ancient villa they believe belonged to the first Roman ...

The Japanese government said Tuesday it has updated its disaster risk plan in the hope of reducing the estimated death toll ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday stuck to his position that the central bank will keep its key rate on hold ...

The top diplomats of Japan, the United States, Australia and India will hold a four-way meeting on Tuesday to step up ...

Japan logged its hottest June since records began in 1898 due to a warm air mass hovering over the archipelago and global ...

A man died after being stabbed near the neck at a law firm located in the Sunshine 60 building in Tokyo's bustling Ikebukuro ...

TOKYO -- Asahi Soft Drinks Co. on July 1 launched a three-month pilot project for its "Calpis faucet," letting people serve ...

Staff members at a support facility for people with disabilities in this northern Japan city are suspected to have abused ...