This summer Prince and Princess Akishino plan to visit Hawaii and Princess Mako is eyeing making her last overseas trip ...

A massive expo in Bangkok billed as "the biggest all-Japan event in Asia" attracts crowds of visitors seeking a taste of...

An All Nippon Airways jet decked out with a special design for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games enters into service...

A miniature food artist is whetting appetites in western Japan.

People injured in a volcanic eruption at the Kusatsu ski resort in central Japan speak of their close call.

Japan's emperor and empress inspect the estate where they are to relocate after his abdication in late April, 2019.

Housewives in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, make cocoon dolls ahead of Girls' Day, celebrated March 3 or April 3 in differe...

Solid-fuel rocket Epsilon-3 launches a commercial satellite into space from Kagoshima, southwestern Japan.

Japan's ruling parties agree Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should attend the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Women in northern Japan brave the cold to perform an ancient dance to bring health and a bountiful harvest.