Whale sharks are the largest fish in the world. They're also one of the most mysterious. An aquarium in Okinawa has housed ...

On assignment far from home, an Indonesian news team is tasked with raising the profile of a historic project to build the ...

Japanese Defense Minister Kihara Minoru has instructed the Self-Defense Forces to send aircraft to Jordan and Greece.

Japan's top automakers saw August sales slide year-on-year in China. The drop is ascribed to lower prices for electric vehicles that cut into demand for gasoline and hybrid models made by the Japanese ...

People were flocking to Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on Friday to view a pair of giant pandas, two days ahead of their scheduled return to China.

Ishiba Shigeru has been elected leader of Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The former LDP Secretary-General is ...

Japan's government is investigating the cause of the huge losses at Norinchukin Bank and how to avoid such predicaments in ...

This season's first auction of blowfish, a traditional winter delicacy in Japan, has been held at Shimonoseki City in the ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko says the government plans to set up a system, so that it can provide free legal ...

Yoshioka Hitoshi was a historian of science who sought a strictly rational approach to nuclear energy in Japan. His extensive ...

Roads caved in near an underground construction site in Hiroshima City, western Japan, on Thursday morning, causing damage to nearby buildings. Officials have been urging people in the area to ...

The race to become the leader of Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party has come down to a runoff between Takaichi ...