The imposing Naritasan Shinshoji Temple near Narita Airport gets a year-end cleaning.

The original emoji created for Japanese mobile giant NTT DOCOMO go on show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

In a year-end event in Kyoto, a kanji character meaning "gold" or "money" has been chosen to symbolize 2016.

Japanese soccer fans give Real Madrid a wild welcome as they arrive for the FIFA Club World Cup.

Police in Fukushima Prefecture send a South Korean man to prosecutors after arresting him on suspicion of destroying sto...

A new geisha train is helping to revive a scenic railway in mountainous Gifu Prefecture.

Japan's 10-year-old Prince Hisahito is delighting people with his modeling skills.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike will likely drop her plan to change the volleyball venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Par...

Health professionals in Japan call for a smoke-free Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Battledores decorated with this year's newsmakers are unveiled in an annual year-end event in Tokyo.