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.

The Japan Meteorological Agency, or JMA, is asking people to be vigilant and cautious about tsunami that may occur witho...

Japanese House of Councilors member Suzuki Muneo resigns from the Japan Innovation Party over difference in opinion on d...

The Liberal Democratic Party representatives in Saitama Prefecture withdraw a proposed amendment to the prefecture’s abu...

Sapporo gives up its bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics after waves of criticism due to revelations of bribery and bid-rig...

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

Fighter jets flip and dive at an annual festival at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Komatsu air base.

A carbon credit trading market opens at the Tokyo Stock Exchange to enable the selling and buying of credits for reducin...

Seven people are injured after a car slams into pedestrians near Shibuya scramble crossing.