Crown Princess Masako will attend an Imperial event featuring lectures from top scholars for the first time in 15 years....

A bluefin tuna fetches more than $320,000 at the final New Year auction at Tokyo' s hallowed Tsukiji market.

Skilled artisans have been making Ushikubi silk from double cocoons for hundreds of years near Mt. Hakusan in central Ja...

Japan will issue new currency to commemorate the Crown Prince's coronation as Emperor.

Parcel delivery company Yamato Transport launches a fitting room to better accommodate online shoppers.

The number of traffic deaths in Japan drops to a record low for 2017.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vows to bring more progress in discussing constitutional reform.

People in Kyoto mark the New Year with the traditional card game Karuta.

Youths from nuclear accident-hit Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture hold their coming of age ceremony.

New Year celebrations in Japan include spectacular views of the first sunrise and Mt. Fuji, plus a chilly swim in Kagosh...