Princess Kako meets choir boys in Vienna
Japan's Princess Kako is in Austria to meet the country's president and choir boys.
read moreArtificial snow tested for 2020 Games
Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics experiment with artificial snow to beat the heat at the canoe spri...
read moreJapan's centenarians top 70,000
The number of centenarians in graying Japan tops 70,000 for the first time.
read moreParalympians test Japan's major quake
Paralympians from around the world experience what a major earthquake in Japan feels like.
read moreOpening ceremony held for Olympic museum
An opening ceremony celebrates Tokyo's first Olympic Museum.
read moreAbe reforms fourth cabinet
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shuffles his fourth cabinet, choosing a record 13 new ministers.
read moreWheelchairs for Dogs
A couple in Osaka makes custom built wheelchairs for handicapped dogs.
read moreThousands in Chiba still without power and water
About 450,000 households in Chiba Prefecture east of Tokyo are still without power 2 days after powerful typhoon Faxai p...
read moreH-2B rocket launch cancelled due to fire
Officials call off the launch of an H-2B rocket after a fire breaks out near the launch pad.
read moreTyphoon Faxai leaves thousands without power, water
Thousands are without power and water in the Tokyo metropolitan area following Typhoon Faxai. Trains in Chiba Prefecture...
read more