Around 5,000 people line up for New Year shopping in northeastern Japan.

Two people die after a landslide rips through a city in northeastern Japan.

Japan's Imperial Family welcomes the New Year.

Around 97% of the international travelers who tested positive for COVID-19 upon entry to Japan were from mainland China.

The Comic Market gets underway at Tokyo Big Sight on December 30, with about 160,000 people expected to attend the two-d...

Japan retightens its coronavirus border control on arrivals from mainland China amid surges in infection there.

Japan reports a record 420 COVID-19 deaths on December 29.

Japan's Princess Kako turns 28.

Chinese naval vessels entered Japan's contiguous zone around the Senkaku Islands for a record 334 days this year.

Emperor Naruhito enjoys family movie time at a movie theatre in Tokyo for the first time in three years.