The families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago said Tuesday they are planning to meet with U.S.

American singer Cyndi Lauper visited the Tokyo Metropolitan Government headquarters April 27 and met with Gov. Yuriko Koike.

People with lifestyle-related diseases risk hospitalization from heatstroke at a rate two to five times higher than those ...

Three years have passed since Satsuki and Minato, who are in their 30s and live in the Chugoku region of western Japan, agr ...

Admission ticket sales for the World Exposition in Osaka topped 10 million in about two weeks after its opening on April 13, ...

Two people died in a collision caused by a driver going the wrong way on an east Japan expressway April 26. Some 20% of the ...

Tomoyuki Sugano threw five innings of five-hit ball to earn the win as the Baltimore Orioles held on to beat the New Yo ...

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya on Monday called for "dialogue and collaboration" to advance nuclear disarmament toward a key U.N. conference next year, highlighting ...

An unprecedented blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday, stranding thousands of train passengers ...

Japan is considering allowing more imported cars to qualify for a simplified safety and environmental screening process in a ...

TSU -- A group of photo stores in central Japan's Mie Prefecture will conduct a "photo memorial service" at a temple here on ...

The Kochi Prefectural Government has launched a 30-million-yen (approx. $209,000) crowdfunding campaign using the hometown ...