Singer-songwriter Matsutoya Yumi and shogi player Kato Hifumi are among 18 recipients of the Persons of Cultural Merit a...

The bodies of the two Japanese victims of the Itaewon tragedy are repatriated from South Korea.

A "daimyo" feudal lord procession is reenacted in Hakone, a hot spring resort in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo...

The rebuilding of Shuri Castle's main hall begins three years after a fire destroyed the structure in Okinawa Prefecture...

Kabuki actor Matsumoto Hakuo and others receive the Order of Culture from Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tok...

The Saga International Balloon Fiesta, a hot-air balloon festival, takes place in southwestern Japan.

A capybara takes a hot bath at a zoo in Nagano, central Japan.

Gardeners put up rope umbrellas on trees at Kenrokuen, a Japanese garden in central Japan, to protect them from snow.

Emperor Naruhito and other members of Japan's royal family will greet visitors from the general public at the Imperial P...

The world's first Ghibli Park opens in central Japan.