Police arrest the alleged mastermind of a \200 mil COVID-19 aid fraud.

A man who was working as a part-timer at a building material store is arrested on arson charge.

Crown Prince Fumihito, his wife Crown Princess Kiko and their daughter Princess Kako take part in welfare events in diff...

Part of the off-limits zone in nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture is reopened to residents on June 12.

Giant panda Xiang Xiang turns 5 years old at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on June 12.

A traditional horse parade is held in northeastern Japan after two consecutive years of cancellations due to the coronav...

Empress Masako collects silkworm cocoons at a cocoonery at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government restarts its travel subsidy program on a trial basis to encourage trips within the Jap...

Japan formally resumes the procedure for accepting foreign tourists after about two years of denying their entry into th...

The coast guards of Japan and the United States cooperate to help a sick crew member on a Japanese fishing boat off Guam...