Kazuno in Akita Prefecture holds the Hanawa Bayashi festival, designated by UNESCO as part of Japan's Intangible Cultura...

South Korea's flag carrier Korean Air will cut flights to Japan due to the declining demand caused by trade friction bet...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga visits popular tourist attraction EPSON teamLab Borderless as the country aims to...

A Chinese man claiming to be a writer is arrested for vandalizing Yasukuni Shrine, a controversial location where war cr...

People roll babies over in an event at a shrine, wishing for their health.

Saihin, a giant panda at Wakayama's Adventure World, celebrates her first birthday.

Empress Masako pins prestigious medals on two Japanese nurses at the Florence Nightingale Medal Ceremony in Tokyo.

The Great Buddha in Todai-ji Temple gets cleaned before the Obon summer holiday.

As Hiroshima marks the 74th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, Mayor Kazumi Matsui urges the Abe administr...

Nippon TV takes a behind-the-scenes look at Osaka's high-speed Kishiwada Danjiri Festival.