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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...