Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako meet with some recipients of this year's cultural merit recognition.

Capybaras enjoy a hot bath at Suzaka City Zoo in Nagano Prefecture.

A monkey is spotted in central Tokyo.

A group of locals enacts a historical procession in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Ueno Zoo's giant panda cubs get simultaneously breastfed for the first time ever.

Teenager voter turnout increased dramatically in the October 31 general election.

A victim of the Halloween stabbing spree that took place on a train in Tokyo recalls the incident.

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says he will compile a large-scale stimulus package in mid-November.

A huge hole opens in a road in western Tokyo, which may block the road for a month.

The joker-inspired man who went on a stabbing spree on a Tokyo train on Halloween night says he purchased ten cans of li...