A young kendama prodigy is blowing minds in western Japan.

Japan's Health and Welfare Minister calls "regrettable" a mix-up of babies at a Tokyo hospital 51 years ago.

High pressure engulfs the Japanese archipelago, driving temperatures in western Japan past 30 degrees for the first time...

A rousing drum parade fires up participants at a famous "naked" festival in Hida, central Japan.

A Japanese girl is certified by Guinness World Records as having the world's longest hair on a teenager.

Outgoing Vice Finance Minister Junichi Fukuda denies a female TV Asahi reporter's accusation of sexual harassment.

Mt. Iou in southwest Japan erupts, forcing tourists to evacuate.

Tokyo's Haneda Airport begins Japan's first 3D carry-on baggage screening ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Tea producers and buyers in central Japan bargain the old-fashioned way over the year's first harvest.

The Finance Ministry's top bureaucrat steps down over a sexual harassment scandal.