An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 shook eastern Japan including Tokyo on Tuesday, causing some disruptions to ...

Overseas goodwill visits by the Emperor are regarded as Japan's greatest form of "soft power diplomacy" -- and invitations ...

Nagasaki Electric Tramway Co. brought out one of Japan's oldest existing trams, car No. 168, built in 1911, for a ...

The Bank of Japan lifted its key policy rate to a 31-year high of 1.0 percent on Tuesday following a two-day policy meeting, ...

Japan's ruling coalition on Tuesday submitted a bill to parliament to outlaw desecration of the national flag with the ...

The Okinawa Prefectural Government will pay about 91.38 million yen (around $570,400) in damages to a man who lost sight in ...

The Cabinet on June 16 approved the first basic plan under the law to promote understanding of LGBT people that went into ...

Shoko Kawata, mayor of Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, will take maternity leave. She is apparently the first local government ...

Having opened their World Cup campaign with a creditable 2-2 draw with the Netherlands, Japan players on Monday were d ...

The Daily Manila Shimbun, a Japanese-language newspaper based in the Philippine capital, has effectively suspended ...

For eight years, the United States has waged economic war on China, slapping big taxes on Chinese products before they enter ...

Prague's St. Vitus Cathedral had its new organ inaugurated on Monday, giving the 700-year-old building, the largest in the ...