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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Young Japanese people heading to Australia on working holidays have found themselves caught up in a case of visa fraud.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will continue to attack Hezbollah with all its might. He made the ...

Weather officials are warning that heavy rainfall may hit the Kanto region in eastern Japan, Shizuoka Prefecture in central ...

Consumer prices in Tokyo have risen at a slower pace in September than in the previous month. A major factor is a resumption ...