Japanese director Takita Yojiro of "Departures" looks back on filming Chinese movie "Silence of Smoke," noting that maki...

Odakyu Electric Railway announces that its white Romance Car Vault Super Express train will be retired from service on D...

Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science raises a record 915 million yen in crowdfunding in around three months.

Officials hold a meeting to fight over tourism in Kamakura.

The snow crab fishing season begins in Japan, with a prized crustacean fetching a record 10 million yen in an auction in...

A competitive show featuring colored carp takes place in Ojiya, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan.

A museum themed on the novel "Kiki's Delivery Service," on which Studio Ghibli's animation film of the same title was ba...

A pod of dolphins is spotted off an artificial island in western Japan.

Hundreds of officers patrol Shibuya as the city braces for Halloween.

The Museum of the Imperial Collections is set to reopen on November 3.