The Japanese yen jumps following the central bank's announcement to tweak its longstanding super-easy monetary policy.

Five members of the Ground Self-Defense Force are dismissed over sexual abuse.

Monkeys bathe in a hot spring in central Japan as the mercury dips below zero.

Around 2,000 elementary and middle school students set a world record for playing Red Light, Green Light.

St. Nicholas gives presents to Ukrainian refugee children and others at a party in Tokyo.

Bullet train operations on the Tokaido Shinkansen line connecting Tokyo with Osaka are suspended for about four hours on...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit a museum in Tokyo to see an exhibition of artifacts including a "Yohen Tenmoku...

Central Japan Railway is offering a service in which people can charter shinkansen bullet train between Tokyo and Osaka ...

International cruise travel from Japan is resumed after suspension following an outbreak of coronavirus infections on th...

The Japanese Cabinet adopts new defense-related documents that includes a call for the need to have counterstrike capabi...