Kids get a free test ride of the Nishi Kyushu Bullet Train in southwestern Japan.

The first tunnel for the maglev bullet train is completed west of Tokyo.

A chimpanzee escapes a zoo in western Japan but is captured hours later.

A speaking air conditioner and a hummable saxophone are among the array of products exhibited in this year's CEATEC.

Fast Retailing, which operates clothing store chain Uniqlo, posts record-high sales and logs an operating profit in the ...

Shogi prodigy Fujii Sota becomes the first player in history to hold all eight major titles.

Railfans pay 35,000 yen to take photos with limited-express trains that run in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Three luxury matsutake mushrooms fetch 930,000 yen in the season's first auction in western Japan.

A baby sumo contest in which the first who cries wins takes place in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan.

The Nagasaki Kunchi festival featuring traditional dances takes place in southwestern Japan.