Kids get a taste of tax collecting
Kids at a career theme park in Tokyo get a chance to learn about consumption tax and experience what it feels like to be...
read moreNobel Prize winner meets PM Abe
Lithium-ion battery pioneer and winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Akira Yoshino meets with Prime Minister Shin...
read moreEnthronement well-wishers get memory of a lifetime
Amid tight security, over 100,000 well-wishers hit the streets to witness the enthronement parade commemorating Emperor ...
read moreEmperor, empress parade through Tokyo
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako parade through Tokyo to celebrate the emperor's enthronement.
read moreJapan fetes emperor's enthronement
Over 30,000 people gather at the Imperial Palace Plaza in Tokyo to celebrate the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito.
read moreRunning water back at Haneda Airport
Water supply is restored at Haneda Airport's Terminal 2.
read moreSnow crab fetches record $46,000
A high-end Itsukiboshi snow crab fetches a record $46,000 in the season's first auction in western Japan.
read moreLawmaker with ALS asks questions in Diet session
A lawmaker with ALS becomes the first to use an electronically generated voice during a Diet session.
read moreUS F-16 drops inert bomb outside training area
U.S. Forces Japan reveals that an F-16 fighter jet dropped an inert bomb 5 km outside of a training zone last night (Wed...
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