Japanese authorities are in damage control mode, after misinformation about a cultural exchange program sparked an ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has apologized to fellow lawmakers of the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party for the party's poor performance in July's Upper House election. He added that he ...

Takeshi Niinami has stepped down from his post following a police investigation, underscoring Japan’s zero-tolerance drug policies.

Mr Ishiba has repeated his intention to stay on despite calls within his party to see him go. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to ask ministers as early as this week to compile an economic stimulus package to ...

Tokyo said Japan faces the most severe and complex security environment since the end of World War II and is therefore working on standoff defense capabilities.

Alarm bells are going off in Japan as the decline in births shows no sign of stopping. A survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare found that about 339,000 babies were born in the first half ...

The Japanese government said Tuesday it is allocating some 52.9 billion yen ($358 million) in reserve funds to support disaster-hit a ...

Two moderate earthquakes struck off Japan's northeastern coast today, the U.S. Geological Survey said — a magnitude 5.5 tremor about 39 miles east of Onagawa Chō and a magnitude 5.0 quake roughly 38 ...

Nestled between fluffy Japanese milk bread, this 7-Eleven sandwich's star is its rich egg salad, crafted with hard-boiled ...

In February 1942, part of the ceiling of a mine shaft collapsed, flooding the mine and killing the 183 workers inside.

New Zealand qualify for quarter-finals with 10-try win at Exeter's Sandy Park. Full-back Braxton Sorensen-McGee scores ...