A food stall owner at Osaka Castle Park is indicted for evading more than $1.1m in taxes.

Temperatures soar across Japan as the nation remains in the grip of a deadly heat wave.

With two years till the Tokyo 2020 Olympics police are drilling for possible terror attacks.

A heavily flooded town in western Japan restores its water supply.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic mascots appear on buses and subway cars.

65 people die in Japan after being taken to hospitals for heatstroke.

A group of kids playing baseball in central Japan is hit by a sudden whirlwind.

A high-end towel maker in western Japan launches a new range of sweat-absorbent suits.

A heat wave continues across Japan, while central Tokyo sees its hottest day ever on record.

Men in traditional garb and women dressed as brides parade through a Fukushima town, part of the 800-year-old Aizutajima...