A Japanese competitive trash picking event is held in London.

Typhoon Lan makes landfall in Japan, disrupting traffic as the country's summer holiday season peaks.

Japan marks the 78th anniversary of the end of World War Two.

A local living in Lahaina recalls the wildfire disaster.

Japanese players sweep the three divisions in the video game competition at the Pokemon World Championships.

A total of 260,000 pop-culture fans visit the Comic Market over two days in Tokyo.

A song that late Japanese musician Sakamoto Ryuichi composed for a school in western Japan has been completed.

A water splashing festival called Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri takes place in Tokyo for the first time in six years.

The Awa Odori dance festival takes place in Tokushima, western Japan.

Japanese chefs are hoping to spread the spirit of "mido," which means road of gastronomy, around the world while working...