A sacred tree about 30 meters tall and with a trunk circumference of roughly 3 meters was found to have fallen at Shimogamo ...

Fukuoka Daikushu" (roughly translatable as "A rain of fire fell: The June 19 great Fukuoka air raid"), a collection of testim ...

A special concert marking the 100th anniversary of the Takarazuka Hotel was held here June 14, celebrating the milestone year ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Tourism Agency plans to notify local governments that they may effectively ban "minpaku" private ...

A group of art students at a high school here have created 14 new artworks related to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 ...

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

Tokyo stocks opened mixed Wednesday as gains were locked in after the Nikkei index crossed the 70,000 line the previous day ...

Japan and Brazil said Tuesday that Japan will begin negotiations on an economic partnership agreement with Mercosur ...

The leaders of the world's richest democracies are talking about how to tackle some of the world's biggest problems th ...

Facing a greater risk of faster price rises from a surge in oil prices coupled with a weaker yen, the Bank of Japan may need ...

Japan's antitrust watchdog searched six major ice cream makers Tuesday on suspicion of colluding to raise suggested retail ...

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