Heavy snow fell in areas of northern and western Japan facing the Sea of Japan on Friday, disrupting bullet train services ...

TOKYO -- The price of vegetables remains high in Japan, with cabbage -- a popular accompaniment to "tonkatsu" fried pork ...

Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the pop idol group SMAP who is embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal, has apologized ...

Eight people were injured Friday in an apparent hammer attack at a university campus in the suburbs of Tokyo, according to ...

Chatsumi tea picking starts in spring. "The earliest tea picking in Japan" was held on January 6, in the city of Kizugawa, ...

Tokyo topped the rankings of Japan's 47 prefectures in terms of the amount of spending money adults have, followed by ...

A group of men have been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle some 160 kilograms of gold bullion, worth an estimated 1.5 ...

Japan and Malaysia agreed at their summit on Friday to strengthen ties to ensure regional security based on the rule of law ...

Tokyo stocks fell Friday for the third straight day, as Nikkei heavyweight Fast Retailing was sold after the operator of the ...

The Japanese government on Friday appointed Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano as the new national security adviser, while ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Thursday it is important for Japan to elevate its alliance with the United ...

The leader of the Welsh government sang the Japanese national anthem in Japanese at an event in Cardiff on Thursday, marking ...