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.

Japan sends a third team of experts to Mauritius to help local authorities deal with the aftermath of a massive oil spil...

For the first time ever, TV camera crews go into a former army headquarter that lies beneath Shuri Castle in Okinawa.

Shogi prodigy Fujii Sota becomes the youngest player of the traditional Japanese board game to hold two of its eight maj...