Starbucks Japan adds decaf
Starbucks Japan is for the first time adding decaf to its menu.
read moreChina: Tsushima Strait flights follow intl law
Chinese warplanes flew over the Tsushima Strait between Japan and South Korea yesterday.
read moreToyota to invest $10b in the US
Toyota responds to criticism from Trump, saying it will invest ten billion dollars in the US over five years.
read moreRunning for luck
5000 people run to be the first visitor at Nishinomiya Shrine and be crowned this year's lucky man.
read moreRebuilt school opens in Miyagi
Schools destroyed in the 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami start the new semester in a proper building after 6 year...
read moreDiplomats recalled from South Korea meet Abe
Two Japanese diplomats pulled from South Korea to protest a comfort women statue meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
read more2016 tourists top 24 million
The Ministry of Tourism says a record 24 million tourists visited Japan in 2016.
read more200-year-old restaurant rises from ashes of Itoigawa blaze
Two weeks after a massive blaze consumed his 200-year-old restaurant, a traditional Japanese chef rebuilds his business...
read moreImperial Couple attends year's first sumo
Japan's Imperial Couple attends the year's first professional sumo match.
read moreKasedori tradition in Oita
A festival to wish children healthy growth was held in Hijimachi, Oita Prefecture in Southern Japan.
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