Crown Prince Fumihito holds an online meeting with several hospitals in Japan to ask how they are dealing with the coron...

The NTT Group releases a picture book that can be customized for individual children.

A winter ritual in which locals throw a married man who then rolls down the snow to his wife takes place in central Jap...

Remains of Japan's first railroad embankment is opened to the press.

Japan's Princess Mako attends a ceremony to commemorate the death of Emperor Showa.

The Tokyo Fire Department held its annual New Year ceremony without any spectators.

12 people participate in a winter purification ritual at a temple in Hyogo Prefecture.

A 208.4kg tuna fetches nearly 20.8 million yen at Toyosu Market's first auction of the year.

The Imperial Household Agency releases videos of the imperial family in units.

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wish people a happy New Year in a video message.