A village registered as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site celebrates coming-of-age.

Japan's GDP expanded an annualized 4.0% in April-June.

A woman's dream is realized when her retired steam locomotive lives to see another day.

Japan's Defense Ministry allows the U.S. military to resume flights of Osprey transport planes grounded in the wake of a...

Japan celebrates Mountain Day with festivals, mountain songs and catching goldfish.

Japan's Ministry of Defense considers stationing PAC-3 anti-missile defense systems in the Shikoku and Chukoku regions t...

The Obon summer holiday means airports, train stations and highways are packed with travelers.

People in Japan are commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki this week. As man...

A baby zebra is stealing hearts after it was put on show at a zoo in Ishikawa, Japan.

A duty-free shop for tourists in Tokyo's Akihabara district is accused of fraudulently reporting over $60m in tax refund...