Volunteers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics undergo training.

Vintners in western Japan are busy preparing fresh bottles of wine.

A festival in southwestern Japan features dynamic fights between portable shrines.

Kumamoto Castle is open to the public at limited times as it undergoes restoration.

Akira Yoshino, a co-winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, talks about the difficulties of lithium-ion battery ...

The chairman of Kansai Electric Power Co. resigns over a scandal involving questionable gifts he and other executives ha...

US President Donald Trump wishes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a happy birthday on the wrong day.

US President Donald Trump touts signing a trade deal with Japan, calling it a "game changer" for US farmers and ranchers...

A $750,000 custom-made vehicle that will carry Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako in a parade on October 22 is unveiled...

Ntsiki Biyela grew up under apartheid in South Africa and eventually became the first black woman there to sell her own ...