11 towers across Japan including the iconic Tokyo Tower are being lit up in blue light, a color chosen globally to thank...

Snow over the weekend covers cherry blossoms in full bloom.

Major Japanese cellphone service provider NTT Docomo launches next-generation 5G service, the first in the country to do...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces that the Tokyo Olympics will be delayed for 1 year due to the new coronavirus pandem...

The Japanese government decides to ask travelers from the United States to self-quarantine for two weeks in an effort to...

The Olympic flame for the 2020 Tokyo Games arrives by charter plane in Miyagi Prefecture, one of the areas devastated in...

The land ministry says areas in Japan popular with tourists saw increases in commercial land prices over the 12-month pe...

Takanawa Gateway Station opens in Tokyo, serving JR East's Yamanote loop line and Keihin Tohoku line. The futuristic sta...

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee chief Yoshiro Mori confirm that prepar...

Firefly squid fishing season opens in Toyama Prefecture, and fisherman haul in 365 kg on the first day.