Typhoon Malakas, a large-scale typhoon, passes near the Ogasawara islands south of Tokyo.

The Tohoku Shinkansen resumes operations on all lines after suspensions following a powerful earthquake in March.

Memorials are held in various parts of Kumamoto Prefecture on the sixth anniversary of the powerful earthquakes that led...

Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military hold joint drills in the Sea of Japan.

A matsutake fetches 78,000 yen in the first auction of the spring version of the high-end mushroom in southwestern Japan...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend the Japan Prize ceremony as the event is held for the first time in three yea...

The cherry blossom lane at Japan Mint in Osaka is open to the public for the first time in three years.

The panda twins at Ueno Zoological Gardens, who are almost 10 months old, now have permanent teeth.

The entrance ceremony for the new academic year takes place at the University of Tokyo, with film director Kawase Naomi ...

The new XE subvariant of the coronavirus omicron variant is confirmed for the first time in airport quarantine in Japan ...