Japan called China's ban on dual-use exports for its military "absolutely unacceptable" on Wednesday, amid a looming threat of broader curbs on vital rare earths in an escalating dispute between Asia's top two economies.

The epicenter of the first earthquake was in eastern Shimane prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Japan earthquake today live updates: A tsunami of up to 70 centimeters (2 feet, 4 inches) was measured in Kuji port in Iwate prefecture, just south of Aomori, and waves up to 50 centimeters struck other communities in the region, the Japan Meteorological ...

Traffic accidents left 2,547 people dead in Japan in 2025, marking the lowest figure since comparable data became available in 1948, police data showed Tuesday. The number fell by 116, or 4.4 percent,

A massive 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

A massive crash involving 67 vehicles in snowy weather killed two people and injured 26 on an expressway in Japan late on Friday as the country kicked off

A Japanese nuclear regulatory official lost a work phone containing confidential information while visiting China on a personal trip last November, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. The smartphone,

Japan’s lack of public trash cans often surprises visitors, but cultural norms and safety concerns explain why travelers carry their trash all day.

By 2050, Japan’s youth will inherit a transformed country, reshaped by population decline, longer lives and unprecedented demographic imbalance.

TOKYO — The Japan that first caught President Donald Trump’s attention in the 1980s was a Japan of glitzy excess and big dreams, a place so flush with cash that businessmen dropped $14,000 tips at hostess bars and golf memberships cost upward of $3 ...