A new lounge opens at Narita Airport.

Sony's Play Station VR goes on sale.

A long and steep playground slide called "Japan's most dangerous" is to reopen.

Japanese Olympians are upset over proposed changes to venues for the 2020 Tokyo games.

The interior of Kumamoto Castle opens to media for the first time since earthquakes damaged the landmark in April.

The sea of clouds-covered Takeda Castle ruins fascinate tourists in western Japan.

Toyota Motor is recalling 340k new Prius cars worldwide over a possible parking brake problem.

A sudden blackout affects 590k households in Tokyo, disrupting traffic and trapping people in elevators.

Kumamon, the mascot of quake-hit Kumamoto, visits Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike.

Scientists at Shinshu University use iPS stem cells to heal a monkey's damaged heart in a pioneering study on new treatm...