Finance Minister Taro Aso withdraws a remark that people who don't have kids are a problem.

The Sapporo Snow Festival gets underway in northern Japan with more than 190 snow and ice sculptures on display.

Japan is getting in on the boom in ASMR, a relaxation response said to be triggered by certain sounds.

The number of flu patients tops 7.6 million in Japan in the worst outbreak since record keeping began in 1999.

Supermarkets in Japan launch sales campaigns as the Japan-EU economic partnership agreement takes effect.

A plane slides off an icy runway at Narita Airport causing flight disruptions, while a Tokyo subway is suspended due to ...

Water pollution is a serious problem affecting many parts of the world. Researchers in Japan have come up with a natural...

Police in Bangkok arrest a South Korean man for confining three Japanese and extorting about $100k from them.

A low pressure zone is forecast to bring snow to the Tokyo region, while blizzard conditions will hit Hokkaido.

At a workshop in Oita, southwest Japan, a man is hand-sewing traditional blue jeans, one by one.