It's spring in Japan, and bears are seen emerging from winter hibernation.

The Abe administration is in crisis over a poll showing its support at a record low.

A matsutake mushroom sells for around $375 at the season's first auction in southwestern Japan.

A university in a well-known sake-making region launches a special course to educate and promote sake produced in Niigat...

Two years since a series of earthquakes damaged a castle in Kumamoto, rebuilding is making progress.

A group of high school girls in Japan gives new meaning to the ancient art form of calligraphy.

As Japan's government moves toward passing a controversial casino bill, gambling addiction treatment groups voice concer...

Six opposition parties demand Prime Minister Shinzo Abe step down over a series of favoritism allegations.

Coca-Cola Japan launches a new sherbet Coke in time for summer.

People celebrate a Daruma lucky doll spring festival in Akita, northwest Japan.