The annual 'dondo-yaki' or New Year decoration burning ritual is held on a beach in Fukui, central Japan.

300 people in Dazaifu, Fukuoka hold the 1000-year-old Onisube ritual, driving away demons like illness and disaster.

A group of amateur photographers set their sights on an unusual rising sun.

Japan criticizes South Korean President Moon Jae-in's remarks on a wartime forced labor ruling.

Japan's labor minister apologizes to millions of people for underpaying unemployment and accident insurance benefits tot...

Japan is coming up with lavish trips to lure affluent foreign tourists.

Camera captures monkeys walking on an electric wire in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan.

A 120-meter-tall waterfall in Ibarakai Prefecture is about to freeze completely.

Japanese beer makers are bringing out new lines of cheap, so-called third category beer ahead of a tax hike this October...

A department store in Tokyo sells more than 1000 works made of gold.