Vacant schoolhouses in Japan are being repurposed as accommodations with the hope of spurring regional revitalization.

Craftsmen in northern Japan show off giant lantern floats for next week's famous Nebuta Festival.

A new, limited time bus tour offers people a last chance to view Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market before it moves.

A new survey shows about 90% of plastic surgeries in Japan are done to the face, while the figure is only 40% overseas....

The search for the missing continues in flooded Hiroshima under a scorching sun.

A heatwave continues in western Japan as temperatures in Yamaguchi top 38.8, a new high.

A food stall owner at Osaka Castle Park is indicted for evading more than $1.1m in taxes.

Temperatures soar across Japan as the nation remains in the grip of a deadly heat wave.

With two years till the Tokyo 2020 Olympics police are drilling for possible terror attacks.

A heavily flooded town in western Japan restores its water supply.