Schools across Japan are starting to allow female students to opt for pants.

The World Happiness Report shows Japan is the unhappiest it's ever been.

The Tokyo Olympic torch is unveiled just one year before it arrives in Japan from Greece.

Japan's Hayabusa 2 probe reveals the existence of water on asteroid Ryugu.

Cheap eats giant Matsuya is to open its first store in Russia as early as next month.

Tokyo marks the 24th anniversary of the deadly Tokyo subway sarin gas attack.

The government will be investigating a university where 700 foreign students have been out of contact.

A dead dugong washes ashore in Okinawa, southwest Japan.

Regional land prices in Japan post the first increase in 27 years.

Osaka Metro shows mistaken translations on its English website.