Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with former overseas volunteers.

A wake is held for Tomikawa Mei, a Japanese victim of the Itaewon crowd crush that occurred in Seoul, South Korea, in la...

The approval rate for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio drops below 40 percent for the first time since he too...

An international fleet review takes place off eastern Japan with the involvement of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force...

Singer-songwriter Matsutoya Yumi and shogi player Kato Hifumi are among 18 recipients of the Persons of Cultural Merit a...

The bodies of the two Japanese victims of the Itaewon tragedy are repatriated from South Korea.

A "daimyo" feudal lord procession is reenacted in Hakone, a hot spring resort in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo...

The rebuilding of Shuri Castle's main hall begins three years after a fire destroyed the structure in Okinawa Prefecture...

Kabuki actor Matsumoto Hakuo and others receive the Order of Culture from Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tok...

The Saga International Balloon Fiesta, a hot-air balloon festival, takes place in southwestern Japan.