Tokyo starts accepting same-sex partnership applications.

A baby sumo ritual is held at a shrine in Kyoto for the first time in three years.

A chrysanthemum doll festival takes place in Fukushima Prefecture based on the theme of "The Tale of Princess Kaguya."

Elaborate floats enchant visitors at Takayama Autumn Festival.

Deer in Nara, western Japan, get their antlers chopped off.

Japan's biggest potato soup festival takes place in Yamagata in the northeast for the first time in three years.

The Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri takes place in western Japan, featuring participants pulling shrine floats at high speeds ...

Princess Kako attends an exhibit on traditional Japanese crafts.

A traditional mountain bonfire ritual takes place in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto on a full scale for the first...

Comic Market, one of the world's largest self-published comic and magazine fan conventions, takes place for the first ti...