Visitors to a temple in western Japan drink sake from bamboos to pray for well-being.

Osaka's long-standing Rihga Royal Hotel will be sold to a Canadian real estate investment firm.

Japan's parliament kicks off its 150-day ordinary session, with the possible tax hike for defense spending and child-rea...

The Japan Meteorological Agency calls on people to brace for heavy snow.

A zoo in western Japan announces their most popular monkey decided by voting.

Bereaved families commemorate the death of soldiers who died in the Battle of Iwo Jima for the first time in three years...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend the Imperial Guard's New Year ceremony.

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio eyes downgrading the classification of the coronavirus under Japan's infectious disease law...

Japan's consumer price index for December rises 4.0 percent from a year earlier, marking the highest level in the pace o...

Telecommunications firm Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East shows its edible cricket farm to media organizations.