Japan’s government on Saturday warned of more possible strong earthquakes in waters southwest of its main islands, but urged the public not to believe unfounded predictions of a major disaster.

Japan is on edge as a manga artist's prediction of a catastrophic disaster on July 5, 2025, gains traction, fueled by her accurate forecast of the 2011 tsunami.

TOKYO -- Japan will extract rare earth minerals from an offshore deposit in a first-of-its-kind pilot project that will begin January next year, Nikkei has learned.

Avoiding your boss? In Japan, you can hire someone to quit your job for you. Japanese companies’ rigid hierarchies can make it hard to confront bosses. Enter “proxy quitters.” ...

Trump plans to slap Japan with new tariffs amid stalled negotiations “We’ll just be sending them a letter,” Trump said, after suggesting Japan wouldn’t agree to boost U.S. rice imports.

During a Fox News interview, President Donald Trump referred to Japan’s prime minister as “Mr. Japan” while discussing car tariffs.

President Donald Trump was mocked on social media after he apparently forgot the name of a world leader and referred to them as “Mr. Japan” during an interview.

The 50th and final liftoff of Japan's H-2A rocket launched the GOSAT-GW satellite on Saturday, June 28, 2025.

Princess Kako of Japan has attracted attention online after a photo of her sleeping on an economy flight to Brazil went viral.

A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan’s Justice Ministry said. Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter ...

Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.- Death row ...