Wine lovers gather at countdown parties as sales of Beaujolais Nouveau wines start in Japan.

Kyushu Railway Company starts operations of its luxury sightseeing train in disaster-affected Kumamoto Prefecture.

Japan's traditional wooden architectural techniques are set to be recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritag...

Clouds move above Stonehenge. The monument made up of standing stones in England is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage si...

A woodworker in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, creates a craft gin in hopes to promote sustainability.

Sony's PlayStation 5 home video game console goes on sale.

The annual Japan-South Korea cultural exchange festival is held online amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

An exhibition in Tokyo displays an array of technologies that help humans adapt to the new normal amid the coronavirus p...

Emperor Naruhito proclaims his younger brother, Crown Prince Fumihito, as the first in line to Japan's Chrysanthemum Thr...

Officials test a system that uses state-of-the-art technology to measure congestion in indoor arenas at Tokyo Dome.