Okinawa remembers governor Takeshi Onaga at his funeral as the "fighting governor" for his tireless efforts to remove an...

Emperor Akihito attends a drum competition for people with physical or intellectual disabilities in Tokyo.

Japan's Princess Kako attends a sign language competition for high school students.

Business operators at Japan's famous Tsukiji fish market are moving to Toyosu, where a new market will open Thursday.

Our reporter taste-tests a more than 100-year-old tea found in central Japan.

Powerful Typhoon Kong-Rey is forecast to affect the southern part of South Korea and northern Kyushu, Japan.

Farmers are busy harvesting Japanese persimmons for their first export to Australia.

Power outages suspend the Keisei Line, affecting Narita airport travelers.

Advances in prosthetic technology spark biological adaptations in 2020 Paralympic hopefuls.

Japan's consumer affairs agency is warning mushroom pickers to be on the alert for poisonous fungi.