Subway operator Tokyo Metro shows workers installing gates on a platform at Ueno Station on the Hibiya Line.

Winter illuminations at Huis Ten Bosch entice visitors.

Dive feeding by Santa Claus attracts visitors at an aquarium southwest of Tokyo.

Fishermen in Shizuoka Prefecture catch a pink Skipjack tuna.

An artificial intelligence sommelier helps drinkers choose the sake of their preference with descriptive expressions. ...

A new COVID-19 testing center opens in front of Tokyo station, offering testing that starts from 1980yen.

Japan logs a record 2,880 daily coronavirus cases on Thursday.

Some toys that trended in Japan this year reflect the COVID-19 era.

Japan’s Empress Masako turns 57 and expresses hope that people will be able to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.

An app helps facilitate communication in the new normal, especially for the hearing impaired and the elderly as well as ...