A winter ritual takes place at a Buddhist temple in western Japan where followers splash cold well water on themselves t...

Swordsmiths show off traditional craftsmanship that has been handed down for centuries in central Japan.

The Comic Market gets underway at Tokyo Big Sight on December 30, with about 160,000 people expected to attend the two-d...

Tokyo-based international art collective teamLab opens a museum in Beijing as China eases its zero-COVID policy.

Followers gather at Higashi Honganji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, to clean the facility up in preparation for the New Ye...

A Chinese-derived character that means "fight" or "war" is selected as kanji of the year for 2022.

An event to pray for good health and ward off bad luck called “Daiko-daki”, or daikon radish roast, is held in Kyoto for...

Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force clean up Wakayama Castle in western Japan.

Finland’s Santa Claus Foundation "certified Santa Claus" arrives at Narita Airport from Finland for first time in three ...

Japan Airlines is operating a Disney-themed plane featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Elsa from "Frozen" and Woody from "...