Rarely seen fairy pittas are on display at a zoo in Kochi, western Japan.

A store that sells plushies of the mascot of the 2025 World Exposition and gold coins opens ahead of the Osaka Expo.

Giant Panda Rauhin at Adventure World turns 23.

400 scarecrows line up along a road in Aomori Prefecture.

A beer garden opens on a platform in Nagoya Station.

The fishing season for red snow crab begins in Toyama Bay in central Japan.

The Owara Kaze no Bon dance festival takes place in Toyama, central Japan.

A new cafeteria featuring Japanese cuisine opens at Narita International Airport east of Tokyo.

Climber Miura Yuichiro, aged 90, reaches the summit of Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, on a wheelchair.

The next-generation train system Utusnomiya Light Rail Transit starts operations north of Tokyo.