Family members of victims of the Mt. Ontake eruption sue Japan's government for damages.

People rejoice as a Japan-born sumo wrestler is promoted to the sports' top rank for the first time in nearly two decade...

Police arrest a student on suspicion of throwing and injuring a station employee at a monorail station in Kyushu, southw...

Toyota Motor Corp. announces it will invest $600 million in production facilities in the US state of Indiana and add 400...

China demands its travel agencies and citizens stop using Japan's APA hotels over books denying the Nanjing Massacre.

The Skylark family restaurant group is introducing self-pay technology at outlets in Tokyo.

The Defense Ministry's first communications satellite is launched successfully from southwestern Japan.

Heavy snowfall in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, strands more than 200 cars.

Joint cyber security training gets under way to protect infrastructure ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

A winter cold front is bringing more paralyzing snowfalls to the Sea of Japan coast.