By dispatching its foreign minister to the event, Tokyo seems intent on asserting its influence - and avoiding being upstaged ...

An earthquake preparation event was held on Friday at the British School in Tokyo. After receiving a lecture about earthquake ...

Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese ...

Two-thirds of Japanese companies are experiencing a serious business impact from a shortage of workers, a Reuters survey ...

Japan's foreign minister said on Friday he would highlight the economic and national security value that the United States' ...

Executives at a leading Japanese bank have apologized and taken pay cuts after police arrested an employee who allegedly ...

The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, are not ...

He wears a black bodysuit and a white mask, speaks in an electronically altered squeaky voice and makes creepiness his ...

Record numbers of tourists flocked to Japan last year, figures showed Wednesday, as the weak yen bolstered the appeal of the ...