The Japan Olympic Organizing Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government say they will accept 2020 volunteer application...

A craftsman in Nagasaki is creating gorgeous pens using wood sourced worldwide.

A rubella outbreak in Japan reaches a 5-year high of cases.

Experts discuss how to ease disruptions if Mt. Fuji erupts and blankets metro Tokyo in ash.

Operations at quake-hit coal power station in Hokkaido are expected to resume after late September.

Kansai International Airport's flights have been cut down to 20% a week following the damage caused by Typhoon Jebi.

A pizza vending machine is drawing crowds in Hiroshima.

The battle to lead the Liberal Democratic Party kicks off with LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba looking to unseat Pr...

Hundreds of hogs are culled after swine fever is confirmed at a pig farm in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan.

Hokkaido grapples with reduced power supply in the wake of last week's massive earthquake.