North Korea has fired a missile over northern Japan. Japanese PM Shinzo Abe called the move an "unprecedented" threat to…
Defense secretary James Mattis is visiting South Korea on the first foreign trip by a senior official in the Trump…
Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe has visited Pearl Harbor naval base, where he offered "sincere and everlasting condolences" to the victims…
Vladimir Putin has declined to accept Japan’s offer of an Akita dog as a gift, according to a Japanese lawmaker.…
The first foreign leader to meet President-elect Donald Trump is Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe. The Japanese prime minister said he…
The US, South Korea and Japan have agreed to work together to increase pressure on North Korea to give up…
Nintendo has finally launched Pokemon Go in Japan, the birthplace of the little virtual monsters. Amid a flurry of social…
John Kerry has become the most senior US official to visit the Hiroshima memorial in Japan, which commemorates the world's…
China, Japan and South Korea have announced they have "completely restored" trade and security ties, at the first meeting of…
Typhoon Nangka made landfall in southern Japan on July 16. Authorities urged at least 350,000 people to leave their homes.…
Japan’s Maglev train has broken its own world speed record, hitting 603km/h (374mph) in a test run near Mount Fuji.…
Japanese Misao Okawa, known as the world's oldest living person, has died from heart failure at the age of 117.…
China, Japan and South Korea’s foreign ministers are meeting for their first talks since 2012. The meeting in Seoul is…
Prince William has begun a four-day visit to Japan by taking part in a traditional tea ceremony in Tokyo. The…
Japan’s TV Asahi has apologized to the family of a 12-year-old singer, who was left in a coma after inhaling…
President Xi Jinping has presided over China's first state commemoration of the Nanjing massacre. China says 300,000 civilians were massacred…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe have met for formal talks after more than two years of…
Typhoon Vongfong brought heavy rain and fierce winds to the southern island of Okinawa, Japan, causing flight cancelations and power…
Powerful Typhoon Phanfone is bringing many parts of Japan to a standstill with heavy wind and rain as it heads…
Japanese rescue teams have recovered thirty bodies from the peak of Mount Ontake, after Saturday's sudden volcanic eruption. The hikers…
Japan’s Mount Ontake volcano erupted on September 27, injuring at least eight hikers and leaving 250 others stranded near the…
Two suspected short-range missiles have been launched by North Korea, South Korea says, in the fourth such test in two…
Japanese authorities have urged hundreds of thousands of people to seek shelter as powerful Typhoon Neoguri passes over Okinawa island…
Japan has decided to ease some of the sanctions it has imposed on North Korea amid ongoing talks on abducted…
According to South Korean reports, North Korea has fired two more short-range rockets into the sea, the latest in a…