Analysis of a Japanese government survey has uncovered marked regional differences in attitudes toward gender roles in Japan, ...

Some 790,000 items discovered in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan in March 2011 r ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi referred to women only once in her recent policy speech, far fewer times compared to past leaders, raising qu ...

Japan supports a possible coordinated release of oil reserves by International Energy Agency member countries, industry minister Ryos ...

Figure skating icon Yuzuru Hanyu believes it is his mission to maintain the memory of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami dis ...

Nissan Motor Co. and U.S. ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc. are discussing cooperation in the field of autonomous ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday it has developed shock absorbers to lower the risk of derailment for bullet trains in the event of an earthquake, the first such device developed ...

In a small workshop in the coastal town of Otsuchi, northeastern Japan, a group of women joke and laugh as they embroider in ...

Israel says Iran has been firing cluster munitions throughout their 10-day war -- adding a complicated and deadly challenge t ...

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Japan on Wednesday marked 15 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern areas, which triggered the world's worst nuclear disaster since the ...

The maintenance costs in fiscal 2024 for infrastructure in northeast Japan, which was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami ...

Japan's economy expanded an annualized real 1.3 percent in the October-December quarter, revised up from an initially ...