A 6-meter-tall agave tequilana plant flowers in a Tokyo park.

A purification rite is held at the Imperial Palace to build the Daijo complex. Emperor Naruhito will conduct a once-per-...

Duck robots could become a new method of pest and weed control in rice paddies.

Officials test ways to beat the heat at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

One week after a fire kills 34 at Kyoto Animation, police identify all of the deceased. Security cam footage reveals sus...

2020 Tokyo Olympic medals and a countdown clock are unveiled exactly one year before the Games officially open.

One week after the Kyoto Animation fire kills 34 people, a survivor tells his story of jumping from a second-floor windo...

Medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are unveiled exactly one year before the Games open.

Just one year before the 2020 Olympics officially begin, Tokyo closes highway entrances and reduces toll lanes to test t...

IOC President Thomas Bach fences with a Japanese youngster at an Olympic meeting. He also praises Tokyo Olympic and Para...