Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako take part in the Daijosai imperial succession rite.

Megumi Yokota's mother speaks on the eve of the 42nd anniversary of her daughter's abduction to North Korea.

Convenience store giant FamilyMart will allow franchises to shorten business hours amid labor shortages.

An explosion occurs at a plant that stores livestock feed in western Japan.

P&G Japan comes up with a product made of ocean plastic collected on Japanese shores.

Japan plays Argentina in a friendly game of blind soccer, which will be contested at next year's Tokyo Paralympics.

The second Tokyo Olympic ticket lottery opens. Tokyo Organizing Committee officials say they hope to sell 1 million tick...

Press get a look at the venue for tomorrow's Daijosai Imperial succession rite, a complex of more than 30 structures. Es...

The estimated budget for PM Shinzo Abe's cherry blossom viewing party triples, prompting criticism from lawmakers that s...

Kentaro Araki from the JMA explains how a halo, or rainbow ring around the sun, is formed.