Part of the off-limits zone in nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture is reopened to residents on June 12.

Giant panda Xiang Xiang turns 5 years old at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on June 12.

A traditional horse parade is held in northeastern Japan after two consecutive years of cancellations due to the coronav...

Empress Masako collects silkworm cocoons at a cocoonery at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government restarts its travel subsidy program on a trial basis to encourage trips within the Jap...

Japan formally resumes the procedure for accepting foreign tourists after about two years of denying their entry into th...

The coast guards of Japan and the United States cooperate to help a sick crew member on a Japanese fishing boat off Guam...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko visit the Tokyo National Museum to see an exhibition on Okinawa.

The house of Japanese boxer Inoue Naoya is broken into, and several items including luxury bags and jewelry are stolen.

13-year-old Go player Nakamura Sumire becomes the youngest player in history to win 100 official matches.