The Liberal Democratic Party representatives in Saitama Prefecture withdraw a proposed amendment to the prefecture’s abu...

Sapporo gives up its bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics after waves of criticism due to revelations of bribery and bid-rig...

Three luxury matsutake mushrooms fetch 930,000 yen in the season's first auction in western Japan.

Fighter jets flip and dive at an annual festival at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Komatsu air base.

A carbon credit trading market opens at the Tokyo Stock Exchange to enable the selling and buying of credits for reducin...

Seven people are injured after a car slams into pedestrians near Shibuya scramble crossing.

The Shiga prefectural government begins an excavation survey at the ruins of the short-lived Azuchi Castle built by 16th...

A volcano on an island south of Tokyo erupts.

Disruptions in Japan's banking system continue for the second day, causing delays in money transfers.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says that intensive measures against hay fever need to be taken and that he will h...