A 44-year-old Tokyo resident has been arrested on suspicion of having abducted a junior high school girl and taking her to a ...

Early blooming 'harumeki' cherry blossoms are in full bloom at a flower park in Nogota, Fukuoka Prefecture. Known for their ...

An NHK diving crew recently visited Otsuchi Town in Iwate Prefecture, where the ocean floor still bears the scars of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

China is one of the countries that US President Donald Trump has asked to deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz to ensure ...

A polar bear cub born last December in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, was shown to the media for the first time.

As relations between Japan and China sour, Chinese tourists have increasingly been visiting SE Asia with Kuala Lumpur and ...

A high school girl and a man have died in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture after their boats capsized near the site where ...

Japan Meteorological Agency officials say Somei-yoshino -- the country's most popular cherry blossom variety -- have begun to ...

North Korean media outlets have reported that the first Supreme People's Assembly election since 2019 was held on Sunday.

After Taylor Anderson lost her life during the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011, her father established ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has not only taken the sport by storm, he's inspiring others in his home country. One young ...

Myanmar's parliament has convened for the first time since a coup five years ago. An administration with strong military influence is expected to take power, as more than 80 percent of seats are held ...