Tokyo's Ueno Zoo releases new images of Shan Shan, a giant panda cub, ahead of her 1st birthday.

After 9 years of reconstruction, Nagoya Castle's Honmaru Palace will open to the public on Friday.

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai is back to Earth, and says he is craving rice and miso soup.

The official recruiting season kicks off as fourth-year university students begin looking for jobs at major companies.

Two Yubari melons bought for an eye-popping sum topping 20,000 dollars are given away to customers in Hokkaido, northern...

Japan's Imperial Family takes in a match of dakyu, a polo-like game, on the palace grounds.

KDDI unveils a robot that can sense temperature and texture, hoping it will help alleviate Japan's shortage of nursing c...

In a multi-year labor-of-love project, a vehicle workshop in northern Japan painstakingly crafts a hearse with the aim o...

It's official--meteorological agency officials say that the rainy season has hit northern Kyushu and Shikoku, arriving m...

Empress Michiko harvests silk cocoons as her silk-farming activities near their conclusion.