A Japanese space-tech startup aims to build houses in outer space by using technology inspired by the traditional paper-...

Kids at a career theme park in Tokyo get a chance to learn about consumption tax and experience what it feels like to be...

Amid tight security, over 100,000 well-wishers hit the streets to witness the enthronement parade commemorating Emperor ...

The tallest building in Tokyo's Shibuya area opens.

A high-end Itsukiboshi snow crab fetches a record $46,000 in the season's first auction in western Japan.

A lawmaker with ALS becomes the first to use an electronically generated voice during a Diet session.

Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko visit the National Archives of Japan to see an exhibit of imperial ...

The snow crab fishing season kicks off in Japan.

Main structures of Shuri Castle, a World Heritage site and symbol of Okinawa, are destroyed in a predawn fire.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government uses a drone to deliver relief goods to an area isolated following Typhoon Hagibis.