Buyers snapped up Apple Inc.'s iPhone after it went on sale at Softbank Mobile Corp.'s flagship store in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Friday, with some 800 people -- some who'd been camping out since Tuesday -- lining up to make their purchase. Softbank...

Gas stations started boosting petrol prices on Tuesday after petroleum distributors increased wholesale prices for July, increasing the cost of regular gas to over 180 yen per liter at some stations in Tokyo.The increase, sparked by surging crude oil...

Graffiti found on a Shinkansen bullet train carriage parked at a depot in Tokyo led to the suspension of the train's planned operation, affecting hundreds of passengers, railway officials said. Police began investigating the case on suspicion of destruction...