Confectionery stores in Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's hometown sell sweets modeled after him.

Suga Yoshihide holds his first news conference as Japanese Prime Minister and pledges to pursue his predecessor's polici...

Shogi prodigy Fujii Sota's sealed moves written during a major title match this summer are posted on an online auction s...

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko celebrates her 54th birthday and says she hopes to explore new communication methods amid t...

Officials of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward have decided to ask people not to visit the iconic Scramble Crossing to celebrate Hall...

A mask specialty store in Tokyo sells a Swarovski-clad mask for 100,000 yen.

Officials continue searching for four missing locals in Miyazaki Prefecture after Typhoon Haishen passed near the area.

Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens unveils a new enclosure for giant pandas.

Police officers chase a wild boar through a residential area in Niigata Prefecture.

Japan's nuclear watchdog endorses a new spent fuel storage facility.