The annual Sapporo Snow Festival kicks off in Hokkaido amid concerns over the new coronavirus.

Japan starts to issue new passports featuring works of ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai.

3,700 passengers are quarantined on a cruise ship in Yokohama after a passenger from Hong Kong tests positive for the ne...

Warner Brothers hopes to open a Harry Potter Studio in Tokyo after a famous amusement park closes.

Celebrities throw beans at temple visitors to ring in spring in a traditional event aimed at chasing away demons and bri...

Cashless payment is accepted for the first time at post offices in Japan, starting with 65 branches. Japan Post plans to...

Major Japanese electronics maker NEC suffers a cyber attack and says hackers may have stolen 28,000 pieces of informatio...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says a government ordinance with binding power to contain the new coronavirus, including refus...

The Japanese government's third charter flight from Wuhan, China, arrives at Haneda Airport in Tokyo.

Japan has confirmed three additional cases of people infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total in the countr...