A festival takes place in southwestern Japan with the wish for safe and bountiful fishing.

Emperor Naruhito and other imperial family members read poetry at the annual New Year poetry reading.

The Bank of Japan maintains its monetary policy, sending the yen plunging and pushing up Japanese stocks.

A Japan Coast Guard patrol ship runs aground off Niigata Prefecture.

The Maritime Self-Defense Force says that it is very likely that its destroyer had operation issues before it ran agroun...

Japan marks the 28th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

A woman dies after being stabbed near Hakata Station in southwestern Japan.

McDonald's Japan raises prices on around 80% of the products on the menu.

A 5.5-kilogram Banpeiyu citrus receives the "jumbo award" in a local competition in southwestern Japan.

Japanese drug maker Eisai applies for the approval of new Alzheimer's drug in the country.