Children cried, adults sensed looming death and flight attendants shouted orders as flames and panic engulfed JAL Flight 516.

Mount Fuji recorded its first snowcap of the season on Oct. 30, appearing 28 days later than usual on the second-latest date ...

Kana Sekiya, 43, used to shop near a train station in Tokyo on her way back home from work. Now she drives more than 30 ...

A nephew of the Japanese girl who became synonymous with the suffering caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima handed ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako showed off their appreciation of Studio Ghibli Inc.’s anime works in this city outside ...

Work has begun to record details of the stone walls at Matsumoto Castle in preparation for rebuilding efforts should a ...

Like most lawyers in Japan, Mikiko Fukuoka began her career in corporate law at a major law firm after graduating from law ...

The Bank of Japan announced on Oct. 30 that the underlying inflation rate has reached its 2 percent target, marking the first ...

Tokyo police announced on Oct. 29 the arrest of a 24-year-old Chinese man over a May lunchtime spray attack at Ginza Six, a ...

Japan’s Defense Ministry on Sept. 11 announced that the Maritime Self-Defense Force has for the first time spotted China’s third and newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, sailing in the East China Sea.

Three plodding robots roaming through crowds of commuters are tackling the formidable task of helping to keep clean the world’s busiest train station. The trash bin robots are being used in a demo ...

As U.S. and Chinese rivals lead the way in autonomous driving, Japanese automakers are gearing up for sales of their own production vehicles fitted with AI-powered self-driving systems from fiscal ...