The Japanese government on Monday said it intends to provide any necessary support to International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane after she was sanctioned by the United States, amid claims its ...

Russia's Pacific Fleet said Thursday it has conducted a missile test off a group of Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands amid an intensifying row over the disputed territory following President ...

A male foreign tourist was attacked by a bear near an observation deck overlooking Lake Towada, a popular tourist spot, in the northeastern prefecture of Aomori, local authorities said Saturday. The ...

Nine people were injured, two seriously, after a leisure boat collided with a seawall near Haneda airport in Tokyo on Monday, according to the coast guard. An emergency call about a boat that ran ...

A 77-year-old man who was indicted on suspicion of attempting to kill his wife at their home in Hakodate, Hokkaido, has been found dead in the mountains after escaping from a hospital where he was ...

Competition is intensifying among regional areas in Japan to become a "second capital," despite a new law lacking specifics on what it takes to back up Tokyo as an administrative hub, while scholars ...

A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 rattled eastern Japan, including the Tokyo area, early Sunday, injuring more than 20 people, most of them slightly, officials said. There was ...

Police in Kyoto have arrested a 46-year-old woman from Higashiomi City in Shiga Prefecture, on suspicion of attempted murder after she gave a 30-year-old male acquaintance a muffin laced with a toxic ...

Four workers died Thursday after being hit by an express train at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, police said. The four men, in their 50s and 60s, were on the tracks removing weeds ...

Police in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, have arrested a 66-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 92-year-old mother at their home. According to police, Shinji Ozeki is accused of strangling his ...

Two workers at a chemical product factory in western Japan died Sunday after being found collapsed there the previous day, police said. Police believe the two may have collapsed due to a lack of ...

A runway was closed for hours at Naha Airport in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Tuesday after a Japanese Self-Defense Forces fighter jet became immobilized following landing, according ...