Japan observes the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which hosted the Group of Seven summit in May.

Typhoon Khanun causes extensive damage in Okinawa Prefecture and is forecast to return to southwestern Japan before head...

The Nagaoka fireworks festival takes place in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, without any coronavirus restrictions fo...

The Aomori Nebuta festival returns to pre-coronavirus scale, with participants allowed to shout without wearing face mas...

The heatwave affects animals at a farm and sunflowers are in full bloom at a facility in western Japan.

Typhoon Khanun kills one man and knocks out power on Japan's tropical island Okinawa.

Fan-shaped floats enchant 270,000 spectators in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan.

Old bullet trains are recycled into baseball bats.

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko visit an exhibition on "the father of Japanese capitalism."

The Joker-inspired Japanese man who went on a stabbing spree on a train in Tokyo in 2021 gets 23 years in jail.