Deep in Japan's countryside, Nanto is seeing a surge in foreign residents. Nippon TV meets the historic town's new citiz...

Princess Mako, the first grandchild of Emperor Akihito, turns 27.

An island town in western Japan is without water after a ship is believed to have hit a bridge and severed its water sup...

The government is considering cutting the numbers of partners of Japanese invited to Crown Prince Naruhito's enthronemen...

Some 28 central government bodies improperly count 3,700 employees as workers with disabilities.

Students in southwest Japan compete to see whose toothpick tower can withstand an earthquake.

Cash-loving Japan has been slow to accept alternative payments, but new government incentives and an impending sales tax...

It may take 2 years for KYB to replace all of the sub-standard anti-quake dampers installed in buildings across Japan.

East Japan Railway tests a cashless, touch-to-go kiosk in Tokyo.

The world's youngest Othello champ is congratulated by the pilot on his return flight to Japan. It turns out the pilot w...