The designs of 2020 commemorative coins for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games are unveiled.

A court in Thailand gives a Japanese custody of 13 children born to surrogate mothers in the country.

The government plans to make Emperor Akihito's abdication ritual a state event and hold a separate ceremony to commemora...

People in western Japan ring in the spring by torching grasslands to make way for new growth.

An ancient festival returns to a town in Fukushima Prefecture for the first since disaster struck nearly seven years ago...

Men brave subfreezing cold at an ancient naked festival at an shrine in northern Japan seeking a good harvest and safe h...

Residents of a town in northern Japan go head to head with 8-meter-long bamboo poles in an ancient rite.

Visiting Tokyo, Chile's president donates cell phones to be recycled into medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

A French cuisine contest using Japanese ingredients is held in Paris.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bestows Shogi champion Yoshiharu Habu and Go master Yuta Iyama with People's Honor Awards.