The state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo will begin at 2 p.m. on September 27 at the Nippon Budok...

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio apologizes over his ruling Liberal Democratic Party's lawmakers having questionable ties wi...

Japan's Imperial Household Agency will consider using social media for the first time in sending out information as part...

Leaders from Japan and African countries adopt the Tunis Declaration at the close of the Tokyo International Conference ...

Empress Emerita Michiko has been diagnosed with blood clots in her right calf.

Japan's Cabinet decides to allocate about 250 million yen from the government's budget reserves to pay for former Prime ...

Work to remove fuel debris at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's reactor No. 2 has been postponed by about 12 t...

Robots and drones are helping workers inspect parts of the aging Tokyo expressway system that are difficult for people t...

Japanese trading companies Mitsui Corporation and Mitsui & Co. plan to maintain stakes in the Sakhalin 2 oil and gas pro...

Japan's National Police Agency chief says he will resign and admits there were "obvious flaws" in security over former P...