Convenience stores in Japan are upping the convenience for workers.

More than two thirds of elderly drivers at risk of dementia give up their driver's license voluntarily.

The Meteorological Agency announces the start of the rainy season for most of the country except northern Japan.

Officials in Hiroshima Prefecture set a trap but are unable to capture a monkey that injured two primary school children...

Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko offer flowers to American war dead in Hawaii.

Two US Air Force Ospreys based in Yokota, Tokyo make an emergency landing on Amami Island.

A team at Riken research institute develops a method for culturing and transplanting hair follicles that could lead to t...

After 9 years of reconstruction, Nagoya Castle's Honmaru Palace will open to the public on Friday.

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai is back to Earth, and says he is craving rice and miso soup.

Japan's cabinet dresses down in Okinawan kariyushi shirts to promote the Cool Biz energy saving campaign.