Hikonyan, an official cat mascot of the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, helps pound mochi at Hikone Castle to prepar...

Odakyu Electric Railway's white Romancecar train retires after 18 years of service mainly between Tokyo and the Hakone h...

Japan's Empress Masako turns 60 years old and expresses relief that life is returning to normal after the coronavirus.

The reconstruction of Aso Shrine, which was severely damaged in powerful earthquakes in southwestern Japan in April 2016...

A Buddhist temple in Kyoto offers radish soup to visitors, a tradition that has continued for more than 700 years.

Amazon Japan proposes the use of the Alexa voice assistant at nursing homes and hotels.

An official car of the Fukuoka International Marathon in southwestern Japan hits a runner taking part in the race.

The U.S. military has grounded all Osprey aircraft around the world following the fatal crash of a CV-22 Osprey off sout...

Prosecutors demand the death penalty for the defendant in the fatal arson attack on Kyoto Animation's studio in 2019.

A road sign in northern Japan is fixed after having a humorously wrong English translation on it for more than 30 years.