Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan and the U.S. agree in principle to narrow the scope of legal immunity...

Okinawa's governor snubs a ceremony marking the largest return of US military land on the island since it reverted to Ja...

Japan's government scraps its troubled Monju fast-breeder prototype nuclear reactor, but plans to build a similar reacto...

Japan's government will directly fund work to decontaminate areas around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, reversin...

Japan's Supreme Court rejects Okinawa's appeal over relocating a US military base in the southern Japanese prefecture.

Amidst a local backlash, the US military resumes operation of Osprey less than a week after one crashed off the coast of...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agree to negotiate a special system for joint ec...

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike announces the final three venues and that a new volleyball arena will be constructed for the...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed creating a 'special system' for the dis...

Residents of the disputed Northern Territories are anxious about the possible outcomes of the Japan-Russia summit.