Sunday marks 49 years since Yokota Megumi was abducted by North Korea when she was in her first year of junior high school.

A Jewish woman who escaped Nazi persecution during World War Two with the help of a Japanese diplomat has been given a ...

A fire drill has been held at Shuri Castle's restored main hall in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, ahead of its reopening to the public scheduled for November 23.

On an early spring ride around the base of this extensive mountain range, we meet an artisan making traditional snowshoes and ...

Discover how technology is helping young athletes learn that achieving peak performance isn't just about working harder—it's ...

A new art show has opened in New York City, which spotlights Japanese photographers who captured a wider view of their ...

A rescue operation is underway after a tanker collided with a docked river cruise ship in the southern US state of Louisiana ...

The White House says US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration has lifted a nationwide ground stop for all airports across the country. The FAA ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered a nationwide ground stop for all airports on Friday.

A major outage across Microsoft's cloud-based subscription services has thrown a wrench in the works at companies around the ...

The leaders of Chile and Peru will visit Japan next week. They are scheduled to hold separate talks with Prime Minister ...