The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning Wednesday for the country's Pacific coast after a magnitude 8.8 ...

The government on Wednesday disciplined Japan's top admiral and 92 other Maritime Self-Defense Force officers over ...

Some 20,000 rounds of fireworks illuminated the evening skies during the Sumida River Fireworks Festival on July 26, ...

Japan's ruling and opposition forces agreed Wednesday to abolish the provisional gasoline tax rate by passing a bill through ...

A tsunami warning after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday prompted ...

A Japanese court has approved the provisional seizure of the Unification Church headquarters' land in Tokyo as sought by ...

Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday it posted a net loss of 115.76 billion yen ($780 million) for the April-June quarter due to U ...

Following the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s crushing defeat in the House of Councillors election, calls for Prime Minister ...

Japan on Wednesday logged a record high temperature of 41.2 C in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, the weather agency said.

Forty-seven beaches operated in 17 municipalities in eastern Japan's Chiba Prefecture were closed July 30 after a magnitude 8 ...

A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay around 100 million yen ($676,000) in ...

Demand for rice in Japan in the year through June was 7.11 million tons, 380,000 tons more than initial government ...