A man is arrested for attempted arson aboard a bullet train.

Japan's new growth strategy would allow real-world testing of new technologies like fully autonomous cars.

Princess Mako visits Emperor Akihito before her trip to Bhutan.

A pair of melons from Hokkaido's Yubari city fetches 1.5 million yen in the first auction of the season.

The last batch of Japanese troops in South Sudan left the country after taking part in a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

Most automotive companies today are working to get some version of a self-driving car on the road. But some are aiming f...

Much of Japan will bid farewell to beloved snack Curl as Meiji curtails production amid a shrinking child population.

A Japanese World War Two sub sunk by the US has been found sticking straight out of the seabed off Nagasaki.

Four objects resembling hand grenades are found near a railroad station in a Tokyo suburb, affecting more than 5000 comm...

University of Kyoto researchers say bosutinib, a medicine for treating chronic myelogenous leukemia, is also effective f...