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

Japan retightens its coronavirus border control on arrivals from mainland China amid surges in infection there.

Japan reports a record 420 COVID-19 deaths on December 29.

Japan's Princess Kako turns 28.

Chinese naval vessels entered Japan's contiguous zone around the Senkaku Islands for a record 334 days this year.

Emperor Naruhito enjoys family movie time at a movie theatre in Tokyo for the first time in three years.

Police says the murder of three people in Saitama Prefecture has been caught on security camera.

Imperial Household Agency staff are preparing bonsai container gardening decorations for the New Year.

Japan's average life expectancy is the longest for women in Okayama Prefecture and for men in Shiga Prefecture.

13 people evacuate after fire rips through a chemical factory in Tokyo.