Filmmaker Chiaki Kasai wins the Mika Yamamoto journalism award Saturday for her documentary on survivors of the 2011 Gre...

In a multi-year labor-of-love project, a vehicle workshop in northern Japan painstakingly crafts a hearse with the aim o...

It's official--meteorological agency officials say that the rainy season has hit northern Kyushu and Shikoku, arriving m...

Empress Michiko harvests silk cocoons as her silk-farming activities near their conclusion.

The couple on trial over a sweetheart land deal involving high officials is released on bail.

Japan's meteorological agency says summer will see a rise in extremely hot days and sudden downpours.

A fluffy gift for Olympic gold medal figure skater Alina Zigitova leaves for Moscow.

The transport ministry declares a Japan Airline plane's emergency landing on Thursday a "serious incident" that could ha...

A Japanese submarine mistakenly fires a decoy torpedo in the Pacific.

Drivers are surprised by a spot-billed duck family crossing a congested road north of Tokyo.