Organizers of the Awa dance festival hold a test event to see if they can go ahead with the summer festivities next year...

Christmas decorations are put up at a mansion in Kobe, western Japan, with Santa Claus and this year's newsmakers appear...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hold their first online meeting with medical workers.

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.