People in Tokyo take advantage of beautiful weather to marvel at the cherry blossoms in many different ways.

Japan's transport ministry hits Nissan with an improvement order for allowing unauthorized personnel to conduct final ch...

Farmers in Kyoto start shipping bamboo shoots, a spring delicacy.

A study finds elderly people who did not exercise saw an improvement in their memory after playing golf regularly for si...

The No.3 reactor at the Genkai nuclear plant in southwest Japan is reactivated after more than 7 years offline.

23 years after killing 13 people in Japan's deadliest terrorist incident, reshuffled versions of the Aum Shinrikyo cult ...

A court orders Tokyo Electric to pay evacuees $5.8m in damages from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Japan asks China for a 10th panda to mark 40 years since signing a friendship treaty.

Samantha Thavasa recruits an android to help sell handbags amid a serious labor shortage in the apparel industry.

Girls graduate from an elementary school in Kyoto wearing kimonos made of locally produced silk fabric.