A record 740 earthquakes have been recorded off the coast of the Tokara island chain in southwest Japan's Kagoshima ...

Visitors to Osaka Expo were treated to a dance recital by mascot characters from various countries in a recent event ...

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- The mayor of Hiroshima said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump "does not understand the reality ...

The Japanese government said Tuesday it has updated its disaster risk plan in the hope of reducing the estimated death toll ...

More than 4,000 citizens of the small Pacific nation of Tuvalu, equivalent to 42 percent of the population, have applied for ...

A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced a 45-year-old man to 30 years in prison for stabbing three employees, one of them to ...

A 50-year-old man who was arrested after allegedly fatally stabbing a colleague at a law firm in Tokyo's bustling Ikebukuro ...

Tokyo stocks ended lower Wednesday, pressured by concerns over the impact of heftier U.S. tariffs on the economy after ...

The Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism's spiritual leader, said Wednesday that his successor will be chosen by identifying his ...

Baby black-tailed gulls born in the spring have grown to be about the same size as their parents on Kabushima Island in the ...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel has agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and warned Hamas to accept ...

Tokyo stocks dropped Wednesday morning, pressured by growing concern that U.S.-Japan tariff negotiations could be prolonged ...