A local railway in Chiba Prefecture that was hit by Typhoon Yun-yeung in September resumes operations.

Fire officials call on people to appropriately dispose of lithium-ion batteries as fires caused by the product are on th...

Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito Tetsuo announces he will approve the design changes for th...

Former Secretary General of the National Security Secretariat Kitamura Shigeru is awarded Taiwan’s Order of Brilliant St...

Three former members of Japan's Self-Defense Force are sentenced to two years in prison in a landmark sexual assault cas...

A U.S. military ship recovers what is believed to be wreckage from a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed in wate...

Alligators in a tropical garden in Shizuoka Prefecture get their year-end wash-up.

Princess Aiko will wear a tiara in a New Year's event at the Imperial Palace for the first time next year.

The Tokyo District Court handed down a 20-year prison sentence to Osaka Masaaki on December 22 for his involvement in th...

The Supreme Public Prosecutors Office announces statements by investigating prosecutors in a large-scale election briber...