Japan's education ministry on July 29 urged local boards of education in areas affected by the major earthquake in Kumamoto ...

A child attending a prefectural special needs school was left alone aboard a school bus for about 50 minutes in June, the ...

Japan's ruling and opposition parties on Wednesday wrapped up months of discussions on a proposed consumption tax cut on food ...

A magnitude 7.1 quake that struck southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28 was reported in breaking news alerts by ...

Japan's National Council on Social Security, made up of the government plus ruling and opposition parties, has ended in a ...

Aeon Mall Kumamoto is seen with large sections of its exterior wall and other parts collapsed by an explosion, in Kashima, ...

A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers seeking stronger ties with South Korea is eyeing a visit to the country in late ...

Tokyo stocks ended mixed Wednesday, with the Nikkei stock index briefly plunging more than 3 percent as global concerns over ...

Two people were unresponsive, two others were seriously injured and seven remained missing at a Nippon Paper Industries Co.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 shook southwestern Japan on Tuesday, with tsunami advisories issued for the ...

LHASA, Tibet (AP) -- This year marks the 75th anniversary of what China calls the "peaceful liberation" of Tibet in 1951, ...

West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) announced on July 22 that it will introduce a new design for its Kodama bullet trains on the ...