The 58-year-old member of the House of Councillors was defeated by Yuji Kawana, 66, a member of the Musashino city assembly ...

Two more 16-year-old boys were arrested in connection with a robbery-murder incident targeting an elderly woman.

The level of radioactivity in water that had accumulated in the reactor turbine building floor was about one-thousandth of ...

Twenty people in Japan died after taking Tavneos, though it's unclear whether the drug killed those people, a media report ...

The quake struck off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture at 8:22 p.m. following an emergency earthquake warning for the region.

The outline also calls for penalties of up to two years in prison or fines of up to ¥200,000 for individuals who publicly ...

The forthcoming factory would create 2,000 new jobs and deepen Toyota's manufacturing footprint in its largest market.

Taipei's assertion came after the U.S. president warned the island not to formally declare independence and hinted at using ...

Minuki, second in command of the terrorist group globally, was killed in a 'partnership' between U.S. and Nigerian forces.

The continuing impasse with Iran comes as Trump faces domestic pressure over high U.S. gasoline prices and his own low ...

Investors and strategists are debating whether Japanese authorities are trying to stem further weakness in the yen through ...

The prospect of groups of drones that can act together and fulfill set tasks without human intervention has triggered both ...