A crab festival takes place in the town of Esashi in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido for the first time in f...

An Oriental Air Bridge airplane makes an emergency landing at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan following a smoke a...

The Yoro waterfalls open for the sightseeing season in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, with a ceremony held in full scop...

The climbing season for Mt. Fuji begins on July 1, with climbers making the ascent before dawn.

Second-generation atomic-bomb survivor Yamamoto Midori takes over her late mother's recently found mission of handing do...

Crown Prince Fumihito, Crown Princess Kiko, and Prince Hisahito attend a concert of singer Sada Masashi in secret.

The National Institute of Technology and Evaluation warns that lithium-ion battery fires are happening more often.

Toyota-backed startup Joby Aviation gets the green light to begin test flights of its air taxi prototype.

The president of the tour operator says he "did not recognize" issues of a hatch that caused a fatal sightseeing boat ac...

A sushi conveyor belt with a touch of Japan's Kawaii culture opens in New York.