New ambassadors from Luxembourg and Brunei present their credentials to Emperor Naruhito in a ceremony at the Imperial P...

The mayor of Fuefuki creates local trademark dish 'raho,'a kind of ramen made with Yamanashi hoto noodles.

The annual Aoi festival colors Japan's ancient capital.

A shop in Tokyo's Akihabara district sells funny inventions.

A UNESCO advisory panel recommends adding the Mozu-Furuichi burial mound sites in Osaka to the World Heritage list.

An ancient turtle shell divination rite is used to select two prefectures to produce rice for an important succession ri...

A retail store in Tokyo decorates its elevators to look like Odakyu Line train cars.

In a town famous for ninjas even garbage men are getting in on the action.

From radishes to racy cars, landlords are offering some unique perks to attract tenants.

A 124-cm tall burlesque dancer performs to change the way people look at her.