An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 hit the Tokara Islands in southwestern Japan on Wednesday, an area that has ...

The Japanese government said Tuesday it has updated its disaster risk plan in the hope of reducing the estimated death toll ...

Two male university students were arrested for allegedly shoplifting about 330,000 yen (approx. $2,280) worth of official ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated the idea of further increasing tariffs on imports from Japan, envisioning a ...

Students at Niigata University started a food bank to help classmates who don't have enough to eat. On June 24, they gave ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday stuck to his position that the central bank will keep its key rate on hold ...

Kazuyuki Masu, a former executive at trading house Mitsubishi Corp., joined the Bank of Japan's Policy Board on Tuesday, ...

The top diplomats of Japan, the United States, Australia and India on Tuesday agreed to launch an initiative aimed at ...

Koko Kondo, an 80-year-old Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor, was invited to give a peace studies lecture for students at Komyo ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have unearthed what may be an ancient villa they believe belonged to the first Roman ...

Coco Gauff became just the third woman in the Open era to lose in the first round at Wimbledon right after winning the championship at ...