Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese ...

Tokyo stocks opened lower Friday, tracking an overnight decline on Wall Street, while some exporter issues were sold on a stronger yen. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock ...

Japan's beloved Mount Fuji isn't just a popular tourist spot, it's an active volcano that could paralyze wide areas with ...

Fall sees the gradual decline of summer's humidity ... their appearance for a week in late March and very early April. Tokyo residents and tourists flock to the urban parks in full force for ...

One of the things we all love about the Olympics is seeing athletes showing off their resilience. We saw a few examples Monday. In women's volleyball, the U.S. suffered yet another injury, this time ...

Tokyo stocks dropped Monday morning, the first trading day of 2025, as investors took profits following the Nikkei stock ...

Tokyo stocks dropped Friday morning, tracking overnight falls on Wall Street, while a stronger yen led to the selling of some export-oriented issues. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 379.55 ...

Tokyo stocks fell Friday morning, weighed down by the selling of Nikkei heavyweight Fast Retailing after the earnings results ...

Onosato won the Fall Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo with a 13-1 record on Sept. 21, ensuring his promotion to the rank of ozeki. The victory makes the 24-year-old the fastest rikishi to be ...

Tokyo ranked at the bottom among Japan’s 47 prefectures in the total fertility rate, the number of children a woman is expected to give birth to during her lifetime. The rate in the capital was ...