Ruling party leaders in Japan support enacting a onetime law for Emperor Akihito to abdicate the throne.

A Japanese space transporter ends its mission after a failed attempt to collect space debris.

Reclamation work for a controversial US base relocation project in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa resumed to...

The Sapporo Snow Festival kicks off in northern Japan with 200 ice sculptures for visitors to enjoy.

Toyota Motor Corp. and Suzuki Motor Corp. announce they are aiming to forge a partnership with a focus on next-generati...

A primary school in Japan is giving first aid teaching a musical twist.

The new US Defense Secretary James Mattis is in Tokyo to meet with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The Internet of Things improves efficiency at a supermarket and helps fisherman predict when fish can be caught.

Hitachi unveils an updated robot with a sensor that will venture inside reactor 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power...

People in Kagawa Prefecture are eating a unique local ehomaki for setsubun festival.