Japan's cabinet approves a bill to allow Emperor Akihito to abdicate.

Fukuoka Gov. Hiroshi Ogawa asks the Japanese government to aim to register all proposed sites of Munakata region as a UN...

A Japanese music copyright administration body has told Kyoto University it will have to pay for posting lyrics of Bob D...

A giant panda at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo is showing signs of being pregnant.

Japan has a rich tradition of master craftsmen passing down their skills to young apprentices. Some hone their skills fo...

Tokyo Olympic planners have collected just 30k out of 20m old cell phones needed to provide materials for the Olympic me...

A new study of contamination at the planned relocation site for Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market finds benzene one-hun...

Kansai Electric Power Company restarts a reactor at the Takahama Nuclear Plant.

Japan observes a GDP increase for the fifth quarter in a row.

Japan protests against South Korean research near the Takeshima Islands.