A forest fire has broken out in a rural area north of Tokyo near another blaze burning for a fourth day

A strong earthquake has hit off the coast of northeastern Japan, shaking Fukushima, Miyagi and other areas

Japanese space experts say they will examine soil samples brought back from a distant asteroid in an attempt to find the source of heat that altered the celestial body, in their search for clues to the origin of the solar system and life on Earth

Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in about 15 years in a plan to achieve Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s ambitious pledge to go carbon free by 2050

Japan has adopted a plan that delays women’s advancement goals by up to a decade after failing to reach even half of the 30% target by 2020 and other measures

Prosecutors have formally filed murder charges against a suspect.

A Japanese court has sentenced a man to death for killing and dismembering nine people, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media, in a case that shocked the country

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is pledging $19 billion to promote ecological businesses and innovation to achieve his goal of zero net carbon emissions by 2050

A brightly burning meteor was seen plunging from the sky in wide areas of Japan, capturing attention on television and social media

The experts urged Japan to pay the former Nissan boss compensation.

Singapore and Hong Kong have postponed the start of an air travel bubble meant to boost tourism for both cities, citing a spike in coronavirus infections in Hong Kong

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi says Japan hopes to deepen its alliance with the United States under President-elect Joe Biden and do more to get its ally continuously committed to regional security and other key international issues

Japan says it will not sign a U.N. treaty that bans nuclear weapons and does not welcome its entry into force next year, rejecting the wishes of atomic bomb survivors in Japan who are urging the government to join and work for a nuclear-free world

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has agreed with his Vietnamese counterpart to step up defense and security cooperation in the face of China’s expanding influence

The drop in Japanese exports diminished last month.

Suga leaves Sunday on his first overseas trip since taking over for Abe.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange has resumed normal trading after it was closed all day Thursday due to what officials said was a computer hardware and systems malfunction

A tiny but playable Rubik’s Cube, so little it fits on your fingertip, has gone on sale in Japan for 198,000 yen, or about $1,900, for delivery starting in December

Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has started his first full day in office with a resolve to push forward popular reforms

Yoshihide Suga has been elected as the new head of Japan’s ruling party, virtually guaranteeing him parliamentary election as the country’s next prime minister

Japan is bracing for a dangerously powerful typhoon approaching its southern regions this weekend on the heels of an earlier storm that injured dozens of people in the country and on the Korean Peninsula

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a longtime loyal assistant and the public face of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in daily media briefings, has emerged as a favorite to succeed him in an upcoming internal party vote

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, is resigning because of a chronic illness

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, is resigning because of a chronic illness

World leaders are wishing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a rapid recovery and praising his contributions to bilateral relations during his years as Japan’s longest-serving leader

The 65-year-old has suffered from the disease ulcerative colitis, a chronic condition impacting the large intestine.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will step down as the country’s leader on Friday due to chronic health issues.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has visited a hospital for what Japanese media say was a regular health checkup, although the visit generated renewed concerns about his health

A Japanese court has recognized people exposed to radioactive “black rain” that fell after the U.S. atomic attack on Hiroshima as atomic bomb survivors

Photos: Scenes of devastation from floods in Japan.

Japanese baseball team Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks installed dancing robots in the stadium to support the team as fans are not allowed to attend games due to coronavirus restrictions.

The death toll from three days of heavy rain and flooding in southern Japan has risen to 40, including 14 who drowned at a riverside nursing home, as rescuers search for 10 missing people and rain threatens wider areas of the main island of Kyushu

Okinawans have marked the 75th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa with prayers for peace and remembrances of lost loved ones

Japanese baseball has managed to do what American baseball has not

When the Japanese government declared an emergency to curb the spread of the coronavirus and asked people to work from home, crowds rushed to electronics stores

Perhaps the best that can be said about a “stay home” message from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is that it has inspired bored copycats who are at home waiting out the coronavirus

Popular Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who drew inspiration from the American comedic icon Jerry Lewis, has died from the coronavirus, becoming Japan's first known celebrity victim of the disease

Relatives of victims prayed silently to observe the 25th anniversary of a nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subways that killed 13 people, but a larger commemoration was canceled because of the coronavirus outbreak

A Japanese court has sentenced a former care home employee to hang for knifing to death 19 disabled people and injuring two dozen others in the deadliest mass attack in post World War II Japan

The future of the Tokyo Olympics is in doubt over the coronavirus outbreak.

The operator of a nuclear power plant in southern Japan was forced to shut down one of its reactors because of a failure to meet the deadline for adding anti-terror safety facility made mandatory after the Fukushima disaster

Some residents along the Japanese northern coast stood on roadsides overlooking the sea, offering silent prayers for their loved ones lost in a massive earthquake and tsunami nine years ago Wednesday

A Japanese warship has departed for the Middle East to ensure the safety of the country's oil tankers in waters where tensions between the U.S. and Iran are high

Japan's environment minister announced he is taking paternity leave after the birth of his first child, and the news garnered international headlines.

Prosecutors in Tokyo have issued an arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn's wife, Carole Ghosn, approximately a week after the former Nissan executive fled the country.

Wei Wei, 40, was hanged Thursday at a detention center in Fukuoka.

A U.S. Marine base is set to move to a less developed area of the island.

Imperial Army asked the government to provide 1 sex slave for every 70 soldiers.

Details on how the nuclear plant complex should look at the end remain unknown.

Japanese police say they have found a body on Mount Fuji and are verifying whether it is that of a man who was seen falling down a snow-covered slope while livestreaming his climb up the mountain on YouTube