Laughter is considered the key for happiness in a shrine in Osaka.

Motorcycle cops compete their driving skills.

Tens of thousands of people flock to the Imperial Palace for the Emperor's birthday.

People in Stockholm see Santa Clauses on ground and on water.

Lawmakers decide to decommission the troubled Monju Nuclear Power Plant, Japan's main facility designed to use recycled ...

A white Christmas roars into northern Japan as dueling low pressure systems bring heavy snows and winds.

Okinawa's governor snubs a ceremony marking the largest return of US military land on the island since it reverted to Ja...

Japan's government approves record $830 billion budget for the fiscal year starting April 2017.

The number of babies born drops below 1 million for the first time this year.

The US will return 4000 hectares of land on Japan's Okinawa, but many locals remain angry over the heavy US base presenc...