Forbes ranks Japanese tennis darling Naomi Osaka #2 on its list of top-earning female athletes.

Empress Masako pins prestigious medals on two Japanese nurses at the Florence Nightingale Medal Ceremony in Tokyo.

Two typhoons close in as temperatures continue to soar across Japan.

The Great Buddha in Todai-ji Temple gets cleaned before the Obon summer holiday.

2020 Olympic planners test ways to deal with the extreme heat at the Sea Forest Waterway rowing and canoeing venue.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum has a new exhibit of A-bomb-related materials to replace a mannequin exhibit hibakusha s...

Crowds of well-wishers welcome home "smiling Cinderella" golf sensation Hinako Shibuno after her win at the Women's Bri...

Typhoon Francisco, the 8th of the year, lands in southwestern Japan and disrupts air travel.

As Hiroshima marks the 74th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, Mayor Kazumi Matsui urges the Abe administr...

The mercury hits 38 C in Gifu and Yamanashi prefectures as Typhoon Francisco approaches Kyushu.