A woodworks in northern Japan crafts the world's simplest smartphone speaker.

Traditional New Year rites are held ranging from purification rite with piercing cold water and loincloths to student ca...

Bus guides celebrate coming of age ahead of the official Coming-of-Age Day next week.

Crown Princess Masako will attend an Imperial event featuring lectures from top scholars for the first time in 15 years....

A bluefin tuna fetches more than $320,000 at the final New Year auction at Tokyo' s hallowed Tsukiji market.

Skilled artisans have been making Ushikubi silk from double cocoons for hundreds of years near Mt. Hakusan in central Ja...

Japan will issue new currency to commemorate the Crown Prince's coronation as Emperor.

People in Kyoto mark the New Year with the traditional card game Karuta.

New Year celebrations in Japan include spectacular views of the first sunrise and Mt. Fuji, plus a chilly swim in Kagosh...

Emperor Akihito presides over the traditional New Year's ceremony at the Imperial Palace.