Keio University's review committee endorses the world's first clinical trial of spinal cord treatment with iPS stem cell...

A stray Self-Defense Force mortar hits a car outside a training ground during a live fire drill in central Japan.

Japan's ruling and opposition parties fight over a bill to boost the number of skilled foreign workers.

To celebrate Crown Prince's Naruhito's enthronement next year, Japan's cabinet approves a bill for a 10-day holiday.

Tokyo's Ueno Zoo begins preparing its panda cub Xiang Xiang for life in her own pen.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discusses bolstering collaboration to implement the vision of a free and open Indo-Pac...

A gay man works to open hearts to LGBT people in southwest Japan.

An F-18 fighter jet crashes off the southern prefecture of Okinawa.

A US Air Force staff sergeant is stabbed to death in Tokyo where he was stationed.

Japan brings back experiment materials on its own from outer space for the first time.