The Tokyo Olympic torch is unveiled just one year before it arrives in Japan from Greece.

Cheap eats giant Matsuya is to open its first store in Russia as early as next month.

Tokyo marks the 24th anniversary of the deadly Tokyo subway sarin gas attack.

The government will be investigating a university where 700 foreign students have been out of contact.

The Imperial Couple view an exhibition of flora and fauna that inhabit the grounds of the Imperial Palace.

A boom in regional hairstyles is underway in Japan.

Japan's Imperial couple attends a traditional court music performance to commemorate the Emperor's 30-year reign.

A woman with no hands boldly pursues her lifelong passion for calligraphy into her twilight years.

Prince Hisahito, the son of Prince Fumihito Akishino and future Emperor of Japan, graduates elementary school.

Japan's Imperial Couple is the subject of a new DVD released ahead of their April abdication.