Three employees at an Osaka Prefecture care facility were arrested on April 25 on suspicion of repeatedly assaulting a ...

Two Japanese gang members suspected of killing a Japanese man and dismembering his body in central Thailand last month have ...

In a rare move, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara earlier this month called off plans to build a new Ground Self-Defense Force ...

Visitors can observe the marching penguins up close at 4:10 p.m., when they walk about 40 meters back to their sleeping hut ...

Japan's Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, will travel to Greece in May to mark 125 years since the establishment of ...

Japan's space agency announced Friday a plan to launch a major upgrade to its satellite imaging system, as a new flagship ...

More than 600 students and others got sick after drinking milk provided for school lunches in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern ...

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said Friday he is set to hold a meeting with his counterparts from the United States, ...

The yen sank to the upper 156 level against the U.S. dollar Friday in Tokyo, with fears of intervention by Japanese ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to visit France, Brazil and Paraguay during Japan's Golden Week holiday period in ...

Japan's Cabinet approved Friday a bill to regulate smartphone app stores to promote easier market access for third-party ...

The Self-Defense Forces on Friday reprimanded five members over two cases of mishandling state secrets in its ground and ...