A sunset shaped like a lucky "daruma" doll appears in Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture in western Japan.

Followers gather at Higashi Honganji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, to clean the facility up in preparation for the New Ye...

Ground Self-Defense Force troops clean up Himeji Castle, a World Heritage site and national treasure in western Japan.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio expresses hope that US President Joe Biden will visit Nagasaki on the occasion of ...

Japan's Princess Aiko took classes on campus at Gakushuin University for the first time on December 20.

The Japanese yen jumps following the central bank's announcement to tweak its longstanding super-easy monetary policy.

Five members of the Ground Self-Defense Force are dismissed over sexual abuse.

Monkeys bathe in a hot spring in central Japan as the mercury dips below zero.

Around 2,000 elementary and middle school students set a world record for playing Red Light, Green Light.

St. Nicholas gives presents to Ukrainian refugee children and others at a party in Tokyo.