Dozens of people are taken to hospital for heat-related illnesses as the temperature soars in Japan's capital.

A high-end watermelon in Hokkaido fetches 100,000 yen (931 dollars) apiece in the season's first auction.

Nearly 4,000 demonstrators in Tokyo march against racial discrimination in the wake of the death of African-American Geo...

Traditional artisans in Japan are looking for innovative ways to adapt to the new normal to ride out the pandemic.

The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee are attempting to simplify the postponed ...

70 monkeys successfully escape through a hole their cage in Chiba Prefecture. It's their second escape in less than a ye...

The state of emergency has been lifted across Japan, but that does not mean the end for the novel coronavirus epidemic. ...

Restaurants in Japan are attempting to adapt to the new normal amid the continued novel coronavirus pandemic. So-called ...

Beaches in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, replace "no entry" signs with ones urging social distancing.

The flow of people in areas where the state of emergency was lifted a day before including Tokyo and three neighboring p...