The Finance Ministry submits "discarded" documents on the controversially discounted sale of state land to school operat...

E-sports will be added to Japan's National Sports Festival for the first time next year.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denies meeting a close friend in 2015 in connection with a favoritism scandal over a veterinar...

The mayor of a Tokyo suburb will resign to take responsibility for sexual misconduct against female employees.

Empress Michiko feeds silkworms mulberry leaves as her silk-farming activities at the Imperial Palace near their end.

US-based online room broker Airbnb teams up with the FamilyMart convenience store chain.

An artist in Tokyo is drawing attention with her delicate all-pen drawings.

A record-high 98% of this spring's university graduates in Japan land jobs.

Narita International Airport turns 40 on Sunday.

A local resident spots a creature that looks like an alligator in a river in Fukuoka.