An ancient temple in Kyoto opens during peak autumn colors for the first time in more than 1000 years.

People in Japan are bundling up as a cold snap brings unseasonably heavy snowfalls to the Japan Sea coast.

Opposition leaders question Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to revise the constitution.

The first new venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics is complete.

Giant panda cub Xiang Xiang turns 160 days old.

The US Marines' commander in Japan apologizes after a soldier is arrested on suspicion of driving drunk and killing a lo...

A cold snap sends the mercury in Tokyo to a 36-year low and to subfreezing temperatures elsewhere.

Multiple sightings indicate that what appears to be a dolphin has been making itself at home in a river in the heart of ...

Kids at a primary school in western Japan are eating fresh lobster for lunch, and there's a special reason why...

Shinzo Abe pledges to bolster Japan's defense to counter North Korea and carry out a human resources revolution in his f...