Japan will offer at least 2 million yen in subsidies for fuel-cell vehicles, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said according to media, as the government and Japanese carmakers including Toyota Motor Corp

McDonald’s and KFC in China faced a new food safety scare Monday after a Shanghai television station reported a supplier sold them expired beef and chicken.

A moderate 4.6-magnitude earthquake hit the region that hosts Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Wednesday, but there were no reports of damage and authorities did not issue a tsunami warn

Japan’s nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that two nuclear reactors in Kyushu were safe enough to switch back on, marking a major step toward restarting the country’s nuclear plants which were shutte

China and the United States on Thursday promised closer cooperation on climate change and North Korea, although China warned the U.S.

Torrential rains battered Okinawa’s islands on Wednesday as a weakened but still dangerous typhoon, leaving two dead and threatening widespread flooding as it headed for the nation’s main islands.

A powerful typhoon pummeled the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Tuesday, paralyzing transport and prompting U.S. forces based there to cancel all outdoor activity.

A powerful typhoon swept across Okinawa on Tuesday, as residents took refuge from destructive winds, towering waves and storm surges.

Japanese government officials no longer expect the world’s biggest nuclear plant to restart this year, sources said, a delay which deals a blow to turnaround plans for operator Tokyo Electric Power

Typhoon Neoguri was barreling toward Okinawa on Monday, packing violent winds and torrential rains as the Japan Meteorological Agency warned residents to stay in their homes.

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