Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a tree-planting event and plant saplings.

Snack food giant Calbee announces it will extend best-before date of their potato chips.

Sceneries by bygone years in Japan are attracting more foreign tourists than ever.

A pair of melons at the first auction of the season fetch a record 5 million yen or 45,650 dollars.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes parts of southwestern Japan.

Green tea leaves are picked at the first harvest of the year in Kyoto.

People get to harvest and eat fresh-harvested seaweed for free.

The mercury rises to June-July temperatures in parts of Japan.

A robotic carnivore is used to keep away deer and other agricultural pests.

People live in minimalist homes to maximize life enjoyment.