Typhoon Mawar brings strong winds to Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization offers free maternity hospital services to pregnant women who cannot see a doctor d...

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, and Princess Aiko visit a special exhibition commemorating the 5th anniversary of the ...

The battery of a power-assist bicycle explodes and catches fire on a sidewalk in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo.

Emperor Naruhito and his daughter Princess Aiko take in ancient Japanese court music at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force holds its annual live firing drill in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

A large-scale testing of the perovskite solar cells begins in Tokyo, with Governor Koike Yuriko attending the kickoff ev...

Two Yubari melons fetch 3.5 million yen in the season's first auction in Sapporo, northern Japan.

Princess Kako attends a ceremony of the national urban greening festival in Sendai, northeastern Japan.

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a memorial ceremony for civilian sailors who died during World War II.