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Kids in central Japan kick off the Iwase Hikiyama Festival, or "fighting float festival."

Japan's Imperial Couple invites heads of state to tea ahead of the Pacific Alliance Leaders Meeting.

Three Japanese including a 75-year-old man file suit over their forced sterilizations under an old eugenics law.

Nearly 100 bamboo trees in Kyoto's iconic Arashiyama were found with carvings and graffiti in different languages.

East Japan Railway will start installing security cameras on Tokyo's Yamanote line to tighten security.

A curious bear is captured inside a warehouse in Kanazawa, central Japan.

As parliament debates reforming Japan's work culture, a 28-year-old systems developer in Tokyo is recognized as having d...

Empress Michko attends the Japan Red Cross Society's Annual Meeting, her last before Emperor Akihito abdicates next year...

Police conduct a large-scale drill at a new facility built to simulate disasters like Japan's 2011 quake and tsunami.