A "shockingly illuminating" Christmas event featuring electric eels is underway at Toba Aquarium in Mie Prefecture, cent...

Sleep apnea is a growing problem in Japan. Nippon TV affiliate Nankai Broadcasting looks at the latest treatments.

A new geisha train is helping to revive a scenic railway in mountainous Gifu Prefecture.

Japan's government says the total bill for cleaning up the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has reached $188 billion, ...

Japan's Crown Princess Masako celebrates her 53rd birthday.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike will likely drop her plan to change the volleyball venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Par...

Health professionals in Japan call for a smoke-free Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

A US F/A-18 fighter crashes into seas off western Japan.

Battledores decorated with this year's newsmakers are unveiled in an annual year-end event in Tokyo.

An ambitious online shoe store in central Japan gives a stale corporate ritual a makeover by greeting recruits with a zi...