Tokyo starts accepting same-sex partnership applications.

Nissan withdraws from Russia, and sell its business for just one euro.

Japan's launch of the Epsilon-6 rocket fails, with officials transmitting a destruction command signal to the spacecraft...

Oriental Land, the operator of the Tokyo Disney Resort, announces a 20 percent discount on one-day passports for people ...

An eruption has occured on Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific Ocean for the first time in about 14 months.

A baby sumo ritual is held at a shrine in Kyoto for the first time in three years.

A chrysanthemum doll festival takes place in Fukushima Prefecture based on the theme of "The Tale of Princess Kaguya."

Staff dressed up as ninja welcome foreign tourists at Kansai International Airport.

A domestic travel subsidy program for residents in Japan kicks off.

A nationwide event discount program kicks off in Japan.