Chigusa Ogino may not be a household name in the Japanese manga industry, but she is credited for spreading the popularity of ...

Three plodding robots roaming through crowds of commuters are tackling the formidable task of helping to keep clean the world ...

Kentaro Kawabe rose through the ranks of the Japanese corporate system and reached the top of one of the largest IT companies ...

A three-hour film about the esoteric world of Kabuki is defying the odds at the Japanese box office, with tickets selling out ...

Typhoon No. 5 gained intensity as it approached eastern Japan on July 14, threatening to bring strong winds, high waves and ...

SEOUL—North Korea on Monday fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, adding ...

SHIZUOKA—Shizuoka Governor Yasutomo Suzuki on July 7 approved the start of construction on the long-stalled Shizuoka section of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev line, ending a yearslong stalemate ...

KYIV—A Russian-guided bomb exploded next to public buses filled with passengers in eastern Ukraine, authorities said Thursday, killing 30 people as part of a wave of attacks that also worsened power ...

HONG KONG—China’s exports surged 36.3% in September from a year earlier, its customs agency said Wednesday, bringing it on ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture—The Yamato Museum reopened here on April 23 following year-long renovations to bring the behemoth World War II battleship closer to real life based on the latest research.

A long rupture on the ground extending through infrastructure damage in Kumamoto Prefecture seems to confirm what seismologists had long feared: a major earthquake stemming from the active Hinagu ...

Retirement is the next stop for the 500 Series Shinkansen, which tied for the world’s fastest commercial speed in 1997 when it clocked 300 kph at its debut. West Japan Railway Co. said on June 22 that ...