4 days after a M6.1 quake killed a 9-year-old girl in western Japan, kids are back at school.

The only nuclear plant in the greater Tokyo region has had its operational life extended 20 years.

Only about 3700 lodgings have registered under Japan's new so-called "minpaku" room sharing law.

Almost all elementary and junior high schools reopen in quake-affected northern Osaka three days after the magnitude 6.1...

Heavy rain pounds the Pacific coast of western Japan triggered by an active rain front.

Video from northern Japan shows the moment a bear was captured at a Shinto shrine.

Japan's Financial Services Agency will discipline at least five cryptocurrency exchanges in the wake of the massive loss...

Nippon TV cameras capture North Korean leader Kim Jong Un disembarking from his plane at Beijing Airport on his third vi...

Restoration work begins on takamikura, the ceremonial throne that will be used in the next emperor's enthronement ceremo...

Japan's cabinet passes the latest white paper on suicide prevention, revealing that teen suicide rates have not gone dow...