On Aug. 12, 1985, in aviation's worst single-plane disaster, a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 slammed into a mountain in central ...

Japan's Nikkei share gauge powered to an all-time high on Tuesday, driven by sharp gains for tech companies and renewed ...

Japan's Nikkei gauge of blue-chip stocks powered to a record high on Tuesday, taking its cue from all-time peaks scaled by ...

Australia this week announced a $6.5 billion deal to buy advanced warships from Japan, a move that can go a long way to ...

Heavy rains on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu have caused flooding and mudslides. The downpours on Monday injured several ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency early Monday issued the highest warning levels in Kumamoto Prefecture. The Fire and Disaster ...

When you think of Tokyo, you might think of neon-lit skyscrapers and its world-famous bullet train system, or films like ...

The country’s postwar Constitution is under scrutiny as Japan rebuilds its military, spooked by a rising China and other ...

As Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the country's postwar identity is shifting.

The country's total fertility rate fell to 1.15 in 2024 from 1.2 the previous year, despite extensive local and central ...

SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son reclaimed the crown as Japan’s richest person with shares of his Tokyo-listed investment ...

The pilots had no idea their flight was doomed from the very beginning - resulting in the death of 520 people when a Boeing ...