TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nuclear deterrence should not be the "final form of security," a Japanese forum said Monday in its ...

A court on Friday ruled that it is legal for the local government to allow its land to be used free of charge for drainage ...

The government plans to expand eligibility to include people taking up jobs in agriculture, medicine and welfare, as well as ...

HACHIJO, Japan -- I am driving a rental scooter along Tokyo Prefectural Route 216 ... administered by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's islands division, but it could hardly be more different.

Participants include experts from nuclear powers such as the United States, China and Russia, as well as from non-nuclear ...

Over 900 hectares have been destroyed in total in wildfires that began on Sunday in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western ...

A sinkhole accident in Yashio is believed to have been caused by damage to an underground sewage pipe. Read more at ...

Tokyo, March 30 ... special professor of emeritus at Prefectural University of Kumamoto. The participating experts will make their proposals to the Japanese government and the international ...

All residents in the zone from Mount Fuji to Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, just west of Tokyo, should evacuate in the ...

With the number of foreigners working in Japan increasing, the highest increases are being seen not in urban but in rural areas, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey.

Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan plans to temporarily rebrand its airport as "Oita Hello Kitty Airport" in a bid to ...