Official campaigning for the election started Tuesday as Takaichi seeks to solidify her majority in the lower house of ...

Top Japanese authorities said on Monday they have been in close ​coordination with the United States on foreign exchange, but declined to ‌confirm news reports of rate checks that drove the yen ...

Japan's Ueno Zoo is returning the country's last two pandas to China at a time when relationships between the two countries ...

On Jan. 26, 2001, a magnitude-7.9 earthquake struck western India, killing more than 20,000 people, injuring tens of ...

Any Japanese intervention to prop up the yen will have limited effect in sustainably halting the currency's slide, former ...

Any Japanese government intervention to support the yen is unlikely to have a lasting impact unless it is backed by strong ...

For decades, researchers thought that an October 1843 earthquake on the small Greek island of Chalke caused a powerful ...

The setback occurred hours after one of the world’s largest nuclear complexes restarted, ending more than a decade of ...

The world's largest nuclear power plant has been shut down just hours after it was due to start up after an alarm sounded.

The restart of the world's largest nuclear power plant was suspended in Japan Thursday just hours after the process began, ...

The restart of the No 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant had been suspended because of a glitch related to control rods, its operator said.

Tepco has restarted unit 6 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP after NRA approval, following a 14-year nuclear hiatus.