Japan on Friday marked the 80th anniversary of its surrender in World War II, as the aging of survivors and ongoing global ...

Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living ...

The four-day Awa Odori festival kicked off with its typical splendor on Aug. 12 with dancers showcasing their energetic ...

Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi visited the war-linked Yasukuni shrine on Friday as Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its ...

In the 80 years since Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender, bringing World War II to an end, Tatsukuma Ueno and his ...

New barriers low enough to allow views of a viral Mt. Fuji photo spot in central Japan have been installed, as the local ...

Japan's economy grew an annualized real 1.0 percent in the April-June period, marking the fifth consecutive quarterly ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday as exporter shares were bought on a weaker yen. In the first 15 minutes of ...

A Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) investigator reported illegal acts by officers during an investigation of Japanese ...

Groups supporting Filipino women who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II held a rally in ...

Hiroshi Moriyama, the No. 2 figure in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, visited the war-linked Yasukuni shrine on Thursday ...

The Japanese government will announce a new initiative next week to expand investment in Africa, in cooperation with India ...