People in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture are celebrating the upcoming Doll Festival in March by hanging doll ornaments.

A woman in western Japan is shaking up the all-male world of rickshaw drivers at a sacred Shinto shrine.

Japan's flu epidemic spreads with types A and B infecting some patients twice.

Multi-brand bread shops that sell products made by other bakeries are providing a link between businesses and customers.

Japan's Princess Mako and her fiancé Kei Komuro have postponed their wedding but their wish to marry is unchanged.

310 vehicles remain stuck in heavy snow for a third day between Fukui and Ishikawa Prefectures in central Japan.

A traditional horse doll festival praying for children's health is held in central Japan.

A public primary school in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza creates a stir as it adopts Armani uniforms for pupils entering next Apri...

An office worker at a hospital in Tokyo sues his employer for power harassment he says left him mentally ill.

Two Australian minors are rearrested for spraying graffiti on more than 50 walls and buildings in Shibuya.