A woman's dream is realized when her retired steam locomotive lives to see another day.

Japan celebrates Mountain Day with festivals, mountain songs and catching goldfish.

People in Japan are commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki this week. As man...

A baby zebra is stealing hearts after it was put on show at a zoo in Ishikawa, Japan.

A duty-free shop for tourists in Tokyo's Akihabara district is accused of fraudulently reporting over $60m in tax refund...

Tokyo's Obon holiday rush begins at Haneda airport with people heading to hometowns and domestic tourist spots.

The suicide of a medical resident is judged work related. The man reportedly worked 173 hours of overtime the month befo...

Police arrest a man for allegedly growing marijuana near a river in a Tokyo suburb.

Japan's weather agency issues heat warnings as the mercury shoots up in central Tokyo and other areas in the Kanto regio...

Nagasaki's mayor calls for Japan's participation in the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty adopted by the UN as the city marks th...