Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for dialog with Palestinian authorities.

The 100,000th cell phone is donated to be recycled into medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Universal Studios Japan experiences a second day of roller coaster stoppages.

Pricey new green tea auctioned last month is dedicated to a shrine in the foothills of Mt. Fuji.

Empress Michiko starts her last silk farming in the Imperial Palace before Emperor Akihito abdicates next spring.

Prices of favorite foods including cheese and natto fermented beans are going up.

Questions arise over what car Japan's Crown Prince will use for his enthronement parade after the Imperial Rolls Royce b...

People across Japan dress down as the annual "Cool Biz" energy-saving campaign gets underway.

Protesters face off with police in Busan, S.Korea over a statue commemorating workers drafted during Japan's occupation ...

Japan is seeing some unseasonably hot weather as it enters holidays called Golden Week.