Retailer Ryohin Keikaku's Muji Ginza store in Tokyo "opens" on a metaverse e-commerce site operated by telecommunication...

A traditional float fighting festival takes place in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan.

All Nippon Airways' third "Flying Honu" makes its regular flight debut.

All bullet trains in Japan will ban smoking starting next spring.

Kids get a free test ride of the Nishi Kyushu Bullet Train in southwestern Japan.

The first tunnel for the maglev bullet train is completed west of Tokyo.

A chimpanzee escapes a zoo in western Japan but is captured hours later.

A speaking air conditioner and a hummable saxophone are among the array of products exhibited in this year's CEATEC.

Fast Retailing, which operates clothing store chain Uniqlo, posts record-high sales and logs an operating profit in the ...

Shogi prodigy Fujii Sota becomes the first player in history to hold all eight major titles.