Cranes arrive in southwestern Japan as harbingers of winter, including the common crane rarely seen in the area.

A competition of the Red Light Green Light game takes place at a Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, western Japan.

The Tokyo Tower is lit up in indigo blue to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the death of Japanese industrialist Shib...

People dressed up in various costumes pick up trash on a beach in central Japan.

The snow crab fishing season begins in parts of western Japan facing the Sea of Japan.

A monkey is spotted in central Tokyo.

Ueno Zoo's giant panda cubs get simultaneously breastfed for the first time ever.

A ski area on Mt. Fuji becomes the season's first outdoor ski slope to open in Japan for the 23rd straight year.

Japan's last double-decker bullet train retires.

An eruption occurs on Mt. Aso in southwestern Japan on a scale last seen five years ago.