A fireball is seen in various parts of eastern Japan, including Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures.

Residents of Yokohama hear explosion sounds, which the police say may have been caused by tree branches coming into cont...

Nippon Steel admits it did not report water pollution data properly to local authorities involving the leakage of hazard...

The average life expectancy in Japan falls for the first time in a decade.

Ukrainian Deaflympics athletes pray for their country in Asakusa.

Dozens of containers fall into the sea after a cargo ship capsizes in southwestern Japan.

Tokyo prosecutors arrest Takahashi Haruyuki, a former member of the executive board of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic...

A 38-year-old man is rescued after surviving six days on water in the mountains in southwestern Japan.

A Japanese lawmaker says Myanmar's military leader told him that he will release a Japanese detainee shortly.

A traditional mountain bonfire ritual takes place in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto on a full scale for the first...