FUKUSHIMA—A bear that was trapped in a factory here after attacking four people outwitted a city-led capture team by ...

Typhoon No. 6 not only dumped record levels of rain on Tokyo, but it also provided a possible preview of what’s in store for ...

HIROSHIMA--Family members of a U.S. prisoner of war who died in the atomic bombing in Hiroshima only weeks after his aircraft ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the turmoil in the Middle East would not preclude an interest rate hike less than two ...

An iron object excavated in Fukui could be part of a saw dating to the late Yayoi Pottery Culture Period (second to third ...

A labor union at Amnesty International Japan is boycotting work-related duties as it calls for the replacement of the ...

Two of Japan’s top consumer electronics retailers announced on June 4 that they are considering a merger, which would ...

Japan's economy shrank for the first time in a year and at a faster pace than expected, data for the March quarter showed on ...

The Fair Trade Commission searched five major staffing agencies over allegations they formed a nationwide cartel that ...

Punctuality, long a source of pride among airlines in Japan, has eroded as an increase in inexperienced travelers and ...

An illegally constructed mosque is now operating and drawing numerous worshippers on land in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, ...

Diet executives discussing a proposal to secure a stable number of imperial family members are mulling adding an age ...