The Sapporo Snow Festival gets underway in northern Japan with more than 190 snow and ice sculptures on display.

Japan is getting in on the boom in ASMR, a relaxation response said to be triggered by certain sounds.

The number of flu patients tops 7.6 million in Japan in the worst outbreak since record keeping began in 1999.

A plane slides off an icy runway at Narita Airport causing flight disruptions, while a Tokyo subway is suspended due to ...

Police in Bangkok arrest a South Korean man for confining three Japanese and extorting about $100k from them.

A low pressure zone is forecast to bring snow to the Tokyo region, while blizzard conditions will hit Hokkaido.

At a workshop in Oita, southwest Japan, a man is hand-sewing traditional blue jeans, one by one.

A leak of radioactive materials hits a nuclear power research facility in Japan.

2020 Tokyo Olympic organizers unveil methods for purchasing Games tickets.

Preparations for the summer's Hirosaki Neputa Festival are under way in northern Japan.