Japan calls for introducing a magnetic levitation railway connecting New York City and Washington in the US East Coast.

More than 300 startups from around the world gather in Tokyo for a global startup event.

146 T-Rexes race on a beach in southwestern Japan.

A large-scale grass burning event takes place at Akiyoshidai plateau in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, to promote ...

Bald men gather in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, for an annual competition to celebrate their hairlessness.

Staff at Koka city hall in the western Japanese prefecture of Shiga dress up as ninja.

A bamboo fighting festival takes place in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, for the first time in four years.

Japan Airlines develops a special service that uses a high-tech 3D sensor to detect crowds... in saunas.

Around 80,000 plum trees woo visitors in Wakayama Prefecture.

Japanese manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, who is famous for works such as "Galaxy Express 999", dies at age 85.