Gigantic rice cakes weighing 700 kilograms are offered to a local shrine in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

With less than seven months to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics begin, preparations in Japan are almost completed.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei index ends at 23,656.62, down 181.10 points from Friday's close and marking the highes...

Removing fuel from reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi will be delayed by as long as five years.

The Japanese government approves deployment of Self-Defense Forces in the Gulf of Oman and the northern Arabian Sea to b...

Teenage Central American boxers participate in international friendlies in Tokyo ahead of next year's Tokyo Olympics.

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit typhoon-hit Miyagi and Fukushima Prefecture.

Farmers in central Japan are busy pounding giant rice cakes for Atsuta Shrine at the end of the year.

Relocation of the US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma will cost nearly $8.5 billion, far exceeding its initial $3.1 bil...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.