Boeing 787 with smoke coming from wing area lands safely in Sapporo, Japan
About 200 people were on the All Nippon Airways flight at the time.
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About 200 people were on the All Nippon Airways flight at the time.
The Japanese leader paid a visit to Capitol Hill Thursday morning. Prime Minister Fugio Kishida told lawmakers his country stands with the U.S. as the world is at a turning point in history.
President Joe Biden is hosting the first leaders summit between the U.S., Japan, and the Philippines on Thursday. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is expected to address U.S. lawmakers to encourage continued partnership between the U.S. and Japan, amid ongoing threats from China and nuclear provocations from North Korea.
Everyone in Japan could become a "Sato." The study is calling for a change to the country's restrictive marriage laws to keep it from happening. The country still legally requires married couples to share the same last name.
The first ruling came from a district court in Tokyo, while the second ruling came from the high court of Sapporo.
A worker near a tank of a cancer-causing chemical discovered a trail of pawprints.
A rocket made by Japan’s Space One exploded just five seconds into its inaugural launch.
Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga series has sold millions of copies and was adapted into hugely popular animated TV shows, video games and films.
Its distinctive skeleton-like body shape and black spots mimicking a panda's have become popular with divers.
Officials in both Japan and the United Kingdom have published figures indicating they saw negative economic growth for a second straight fiscal quarter at the end of the year.
According to Christie's, the Fab Four were at the Tokyo Hilton when they were presented with a set of art materials. The group placed chairs around a table and worked on the painting in between concerts in Japan.
Along Japan's coastline, power was gradually being restored after the earthquakes, but water supplies were still short.
An air traffic control transcript shows the Coast Guard plane was instructed only to "taxi to holding point." the crew got everyone off the passenger plane safely.
The crash between the Coast Guard aircraft and a passenger plane sparked a fireball.
All 379 occupants of the Japan Airlines flight got out safely and the pilot of the coast guard plane also escaped, officials said.
A passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames. Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed that all 379 occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 got out safely before the plane was entirely engulfed in flames. The pilot of the coast guard plane also escaped, but five crewmembers died, Saito said.
A passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames. Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed that all 379 occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 got out safely before the plane was entirely engulfed in flames. The pilot of the coast guard plane also escaped, but five crewmembers died, Saito said.
Right now, around 1,000 military personnel are helping with search and rescue operations.
NHK reported that all occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516, believed to total 379 people, got out safely before the plane was entirely engulfed in flames.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 prompted a tsunami warning on New Year's Day.
The country's meteorological agency issued tsunami alerts for the entire western coast of the main island of Honshu. The first wave around four feet high hit about an hour after the series of quakes.
Two wrestlers just duked it out in the middle of a speeding bullet train. Tokyo-based DDT Wrestling organized a match by renting out an entire train cabin. The match lasted for a full 30 minutes.
Schipper's family said the U.S. Embassy in Japan has been checking local hospitals and jails, with no luck. The last bank transaction Schipper made was at a burger restaurant in the Shinjuku City ward of Tokyo.
Two-way star Shohei Ohtani struck out fellow Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout to end the game. Ohtani was voted the WBC's MVP and called it "the best moment in my life."
Abe's body arrived at his home in Tokyo Saturday ahead of memorial services next week. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer reports.
