Japan's weather observation satellite Himawari will play an important role in a project starting next month to help reduce ...

An entire city in western Japan has conducted a disaster drill to prepare for a mega quake predicted to occur along the ...

A fire on a Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper navigating near southwestern Japan has left one crew member missing and another injured.

Torrential rains are drenching Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa. The public is being advised to be on high alert for ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency has held a news conference after issuing the maximum level-5 heavy rain emergency warning for ...

"His company killed him," his wife said. The month before his death, he officially logged 135 hours of overtime - and even ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has told members of the Self-Defense Forces that he will work to fundamentally ...

Kite-flying events were held across Japan this weekend to pray for a ceasefire and peace in the Gaza Strip. At a park in Tokyo's Odaiba district on Saturday, about 50 people, including parents and ...

Wealthy overseas tourists have been visiting depopulated parts of rural Japan in increasing numbers to savor unique culinary ...

Japan's ruling coalition has begun policy talks with an opposition party in a bid to reach an agreement on a new economic ...

Japan's Finance Ministry says it intervened in the currency market in July to support the yen. The action conducted with the ...

Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says he aims to double government grants for regional revitalization in a draft budget ...