Japan won the bid to host the 1940 Summer Olympics, but war cancelled the games and dreams of Olympic hopefuls including...

A conveyor belt sushi shop targeting foreigners opens in Tokyo.

A 120 cm "living fossil" frilled shark is captured off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan, but dies in captivity ...

Some of Japan's new adults celebrate their coming of age this year with bungee jumping in Ibaraki Prefecture, north of T...

Men dressed as demons scare children in northeastern Japan to discourage them from being lazy.

Bladesmiths in central Japan show visitors the traditional method for making Japanese swords.

People in Kyoto reenact an ancient type of Japanese football that was played by nobles centuries ago.

People scramble to grab pieces of "sacred" paper from a demon at a Shinto shrine in southwestern Japan.

Men from around Japan take part in a race at Nishinomiya Shrine in a bid to become this year's "Lucky Man.

Inland areas of Hokkaido including Etanbetsu and Horokanai record temperatures near minus 25 degrees, the coldest this y...