Children and their parents take part in a tug of war with an airplane at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo.

The Kishiwada Danjiri float festival takes place in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on September 16 and 17.

Two workers die after they fall together a 15-ton steel frame at a construction site.

The Japanese government announces that one in 10 people in Japan are over 80 years old.

Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko visit an exhibition on the Great Kanto earthquake.

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend the national convention for abundant sea development.

Time Magazine announces its Time100 Next list, and in the advocates category, selects former Japan Ground Self-Defense F...

A total of 250 people climb Mt. Iwaki in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, to see the sunrise and pray for bountiful ha...

Japan hits a record number of centenarians for the 53rd consecutive year amid a rapidly aging society.

Japanese musician Yoshiki of rock band X Japan has his hands and feet imprinted at Hollywood's Chinese Theatre in Los An...