Japan extends the current COVID-19 state of emergency, and expands it to seven more prefectures.

The face of an existing person re-appears in the Tokyo sky.

The athletes' village reopens a week ahead of the Paralympics.

Tokyo police arrest a Georgian Paralympic athlete over assaulting and injuring a security guard at a hotel in the Japane...

Japan marks the 76th anniversary of the end of World War II, with Emperor Naruhito expressing hope for people to work to...

Three Cabinet ministers are among lawmakers visiting Yasukuni Shrine on August 15.

Some postboxes in Japan will be painted golden in honor of gold medalists at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

A landslide occurs in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, killing one resident and leaving two others missing.

Hiroshima in western Japan is hit by heavy downpours causing rivers to overflow.

The Japan Meteorological Agency is warning people over wide regions of the country to practice vigilance amid heavy rain...