Gigantic rice cakes weighing 700 kilograms are offered to a local shrine in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

Removing fuel from reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi will be delayed by as long as five years.

The Japanese government approves deployment of Self-Defense Forces in the Gulf of Oman and the northern Arabian Sea to b...

Teenage Central American boxers participate in international friendlies in Tokyo ahead of next year's Tokyo Olympics.

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit typhoon-hit Miyagi and Fukushima Prefecture.

Farmers in central Japan are busy pounding giant rice cakes for Atsuta Shrine at the end of the year.

Relocation of the US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma will cost nearly $8.5 billion, far exceeding its initial $3.1 bil...

Winter bonuses at major Japanese companies reach an all-time high of 8,700 dollars on average.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his counterpart South Korean President Moon Jae In hold their first bilateral sum...

The number of newborns in 2019 hits a record low of 864,000.