Flames are estimated to have spread over about 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) in the forest of Ofunato in the northern region of Iwate since fire broke out on Wednesday. Over 1,000 nearby residents have ...

Australia women's coach Tom Sermanni has taken his team to task after a full-strength Matildas side slumped to their heaviest ...

The Japanese government will not participate in next month's meeting of signatories of the U.N. nuclear ban treaty in New ...

The UN nuclear watchdog chief visited Japan’s stricken Fukushima plant on Wednesday, the day after Tokyo approved an energy ...

The public calls for more ambition - but Japan said inputs had not changed its view that a 60% cut is enough for the 2035 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's party and a coalition partner agreed with a key opposition party on Tuesday to ...

As per the agreement, UNHCR will be able to build, maintain and repair safer shelters that can better withstand extreme weather ...

Japan has signed a 6-million-US-dollar agreement with the UN's refugee agency to support displaced Afghan people.

Japan is presenting its updated target, referred to as its Nationally Determined Contribution under the 2015 Paris Agreement, ...

Japan's government adopted on Tuesday new decarbonization targets aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 70% ...

Japan Tuesday pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in the next decade from 2013 levels but climate ...