Empress Michiko starts her last silk farming in the Imperial Palace before Emperor Akihito abdicates next spring.

Prices of favorite foods including cheese and natto fermented beans are going up.

Questions arise over what car Japan's Crown Prince will use for his enthronement parade after the Imperial Rolls Royce b...

People across Japan dress down as the annual "Cool Biz" energy-saving campaign gets underway.

Protesters face off with police in Busan, S.Korea over a statue commemorating workers drafted during Japan's occupation ...

Japan is seeing some unseasonably hot weather as it enters holidays called Golden Week.

A small temple in western Japan is becoming an Instagram phenomenon.

Japan's Finance Ministry apologizes for sexual harassment against a female reporter and reprimands the ex vice minister.

High in Japan's Central Alps, people celebrate the opening of the mountains with prayers and fanfare.

Conventional sushi is topped with raw fish. But rice topped with meat is leading a new generation of sushi culture in Ja...