The world's longest-serving death row prisoner was acquitted on September 26, more than half a century after his murder conviction, when a Japanese court ruled…
Rescuers on September 25 recovered the body of a ninth victim of severe floods which battered parts of central Japan last week, local media said.…
Japan could get its first woman or youngest-ever prime minister on Friday when the ruling party holds a leadership vote described as the most "unpredictable"…
A small tsunami was observed on the remote Japanese island of Hachijojima on September 24, the weather agency said, after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near…
Japan lodged a "very serious protest" with Moscow after a Russian patrol plane entered its airspace three times, the defence minister said September 23, calling…
Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa said on September 23 she will meet her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi during a visit to New York to discuss…
Floods and landslides left one dead and at least six missing in central Japan, with rescue and recovery teams at work on September 22 in…
The head of a Japanese sightseeing boat company whose vessel capsized in frigid waters in 2022 killing at least 20 tourists and crew has been…
Japan's new prime minister will be formally elected by parliament on October 1 following next week's leadership contest, a ruling party official said September 18.…
The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant said on September 17 it has suspended an operation to remove a sample of highly radioactive material…
Japan's leadership race kicked off September 12 with a record nine candidates including the surfing son of a former prime minister and an arch-nationalist vying…
Shinkansen bullet trains could be whizzing around Japan without drivers from the mid 2030s, one of its main rail operators said, motivated in part by…
The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant said it will start a trial removal of highly radioactive debris from September 10 after an…
Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol on September 6 for a final round of talks, hoping to cement…
The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant said September 5 it aims to carry out a trial removal of highly radioactive debris next…
Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will head to Seoul on September 6 for a two-day visit to meet South Korea's leader after the pair…
Japan voiced "strong concern and protest" August 31 after a Chinese naval ship entered its territorial waters, days after Tokyo accused Beijing of sending a…
Typhoon Shanshan weakened to a tropical storm August 30 but was still dumping heavy rains as it slowly churned through Japan, triggering transport havoc and…
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced he will not seek re-election as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in next month’s…
A Japanese supermarket executive behind bars in Myanmar since June has been convicted over high rice prices but released, Tokyo confirmed on August 13. State…
A slow-moving storm has been dumping intense rains on northern Japan, swelling rivers, sending residents to shelters and disrupting traffic during a Japanese Buddhist holiday…
More than 120 people died of heatstroke in the Tokyo metropolitan area in July, when the nation’s average temperature hit record highs and heat warnings…
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index soared nearly 11% early on August 6, a day after it set markets tumbling in Europe and on Wall Street.…
A US military helicopter on August 3 morning made an emergency landing in a rice field in the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa, just south of…
A US military Osprey aircraft crash off the coast of Japan in November that killed all eight crew members was caused by a failure in…
