A bamboo fighting festival takes place in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, for the first time in four years.

Japan Airlines develops a special service that uses a high-tech 3D sensor to detect crowds... in saunas.

Starbucks Coffee Japan introduces reusable resin cups in around 100 stores.

Around 80,000 plum trees woo visitors in Wakayama Prefecture.

Former US soldiers speak about their experience in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio apologizes to LGBTQ rights activists and sexual minorities for his former aide's h...

Japan strongly condemns North Korea's launch of two ballistic missiles, just days after the country's ICBM launch.

Japanese manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, who is famous for works such as "Galaxy Express 999", dies at age 85.

Fans bid farewell to Tokyo's beloved giant panda Xiang Xiang.

The intercontinental ballistic missile North Korea fired on Saturday landed just 200 kilometers off Japan's northernmost...