Fired national soccer coach Vahid Halihodzic sues the Japan Football Association and its president.

A fluffy gift for Olympic gold medal figure skater Alina Zigitova leaves for Moscow.

A vacant schoolhouse in Japan gets an unprecedented makeover in an attempt to reel in tourists and breathe new life into...

Former FC Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta joins Japanese football club Vissel Kobe.

Empress Michiko feeds silkworms mulberry leaves as her silk-farming activities at the Imperial Palace near their end.

An artist in Tokyo is drawing attention with her delicate all-pen drawings.

X-gender people, identifying as neither male nor female, share their stories and struggles as they work to raise awarene...

Kids in central Japan kick off the Iwase Hikiyama Festival, or "fighting float festival."

A giant carp streamer is on display for boy's day in the mountains of central Japan.

A maker of traditional washi craft paper is reinventing itself.