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

Amid rising risks of nuclear weapons use around the world, a coalition made up of public and private sector peace groups in ...

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

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

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

Some 35 percent of local government officials in Japan have faced overbearing or abusive behavior from members of the public, ...

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

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

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

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