Japan's 91-year-old former Emperor Akihito has been hospitalized to adjust his heart medication, palace officials say.

TOKYO — Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito will undergo heart tests at a hospital after an unspecified problem was detected during a routine checkup, Japanese media reports said Monday.

Japan has carried out a threat to publicly shame people not complying with coronavirus border control measures, releasing the names of three people who broke quarantine rules after returning from ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will treat two injured Ukrainian soldiers at a Tokyo hospital run by its military, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, Tokyo's latest support measure following Russia's ...

A suspected gunman has taken hostages and barricaded himself inside a post office in central Japan on Tuesday after two people were injured in an apparent shooting at a nearby hospital, with local ...

A vehicular incident occurred at the U.S. military's Okinawan Jungle Warfare Training Center at the same time a "mass casualty exercise" was planned at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa.

Japanese police arrested an 86-year-old suspected gunman Tuesday who had barricaded himself in a post office with two hostages after injuring two people at a hospital earlier in the day.