TOKYO (AP) — Meet the world's oldest female barber: She is 108 but the slender, white-haired Japanese woman has no plans to ...

A bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line made an emergency stop near a station in Tokyo on Thursday after two cars ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a ...

Japan’s Prince Hisahito has spoken about his official duties at his debut news conference after reaching adulthood last year.

TOKYO, Kyodo News Plus - Over 60 percent of train travelers in Japan have been left annoyed by the behavior of foreign ...

The Japanese parent company of convenience store chain 7-Eleven is reportedly preparing for its current president, Ryuichi ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Over 80 percent of people in Japan support the death penalty, saying the existence of the system is ...

According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a state's sovereignty ends after the 12 nautical miles of its territorial sea. The U.S. and its allies have deployed their navies to ...

The fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture has forced residents to evacuate since breaking out Wednesday and spreading over a wide ...

A massive wildfire in northeastern Japan has expanded, with over 2,100 hectares burned since last week, putting more homes at ...

The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres) of forest in Ofunato since it started on Wednesday, authorities said.

BAKU – A massive forest fire in northeastern Japan has consumed at least 1,200 hectares in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, making ...