Emperor Akihito's grandson Prince Hisahito celebrates his 12th birthday.

Typhoon-hit Kansai International Airport will partially resume operations on Friday.

The government says it will take at least a week to restore electricity to the nearly 3 million homes plunged into a bla...

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake wreaks destruction in Hokkaido, killing at least two with the death toll set to rise.

A duck with an arrow-like object in its back is sighted at a park in Tokyo.

A US military helicopter makes an emergency landing in southern Japan.

It's still hot in Japan, but Christmas sales campaigns are already underway.

A high-speed ferry in Nagasaki collides with what may have been a sea creature.

Typhoon Jebi peters out north of Hokkaido, but leaves plenty of damage behind including 11 deaths and 3,000 people stran...

Typhoon Jebi leaves damaged cars, shrine buildings, and cars in its wake after passing through the Japanese archipelago ...