Hidden Christian sites in southwest Japan get World Cultural Heritage recommendation.

3000 azaleas are in bloom at the mountain resort Hakone near Mt Fuji.

Ichiro's father says what he'd been expecting finally arrived and the baseball star should repay the Mariners by helping...

Family members of abductees taken by North Korea attend a symposium at the UN and ask for international cooperation in s...

A pesky crow harasses commuters at a Tokyo train station.

A train station in an international neighborhood in Tokyo is using multilingual announcements to make foreigners feel mo...

On Constitution Day Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appeals for revising the famous war-renouncing Article 9 to clarif...

Travel congestion peaks as Japan celebrates the Golden Week holidays.

Families of Japanese abducted by North Korea express hopes in the upcoming US-North Korean summit.

An Akita puppy chosen by Russian Olympic figure skater Alina Zagitova is unveiled in its namesake northern Akita Prefect...