Fire extinguished at iconic fish market
A massive blaze at Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market's outer area is extinguished and found to have started in a ramen ...
read moreAomori Nebuta Festival begins
Aomori Nebuta, one of Japan's most popular summer festivals, begins in northern Japan.
read moreTokyo 2020 Olympic mascot design wanted
Organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics started accepting design entries for the official mascot Tuesday.
read moreAncient burial mounds eyed for Unesco listing
Japan's cultural affairs agency will propose a cluster of ancient burial mounds as a candidate for Unesco World Heritage...
read moreTokyo Disney Resort tops 700m visitors
Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea on Monday topped 700-million combined visitors.
read moreHot springs department
Join the workers of Beppu, southwest Japan as they maintain the city's many famous hot springs.
read moreGold bling on display in a big way
A display of big bling gold items that are teem with playfulness and test the bounds of the imagination.
read moreExplosion at fireworks factory injures two
An explosion at a fireworks plant injures two people in Kagawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
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