'Daruma sunrise' entrances lensmen
A group of amateur photographers set their sights on an unusual rising sun.
read moreLavish trips for the well-heeled
Japan is coming up with lavish trips to lure affluent foreign tourists.
read moreMonkeys walk a tightrope
Camera captures monkeys walking on an electric wire in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan.
read moreJapan braves cold weather
A 120-meter-tall waterfall in Ibarakai Prefecture is about to freeze completely.
read moreDepartment store sells works of gold
A department store in Tokyo sells more than 1000 works made of gold.
read moreHuge tuna placed in shrine as offering
A huge tuna is placed in a shrine as an offering to business success in western Japan.
read moreWomen play sumo, blindfolded
Women enact a rare style of blindfolded sumo in southwest Japan.
read moreFinal Heisei eclipse wows
The last solar eclipse of the Heisei period wows people around Japan.
read moreQuake can't stop coming of age ceremony
New adults in a quake-hit town in southwest Japan celebrate their coming of age.
read morePowerful quake rattles southwestern Japan
A M-5.1 earthquake shakes Kumamoto Prefecture, but leaves only minor damage.
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