The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

Karen Bennett inhales the air with the view of her aquatic happy place before her. The sun-drenched scene can be a torture chamber, too, at times.

Vending machines are evolving. Contact-less ones drew attention amid the spread of the coronavirus, and new types of vending machines using advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and information communications are appearing one after another. Ideas aimed at helping achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and solve social…

The Exhibition on Screen documentary series delves into the boundless energy of the Japanese megalopolis

Tokyo (AFP) - Fly-half Bernard Foley said he was "in a good position" to claim a place in Australia's Rugby World Cup squad after winning the Japanese club title on Saturday.

Kishida may become the leader most singularly responsible for cementing Japan’s turn away from decades of pacifism.

Tokyo (AFP) - Takeshi Kitano makes his comeback at Cannes next week with a new samurai epic, but the cult Japanese filmmaker told AFP that he strives to remain "indifferent" to success.

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said the deal between the universities in Chicago and Tokyo with Google and IBM “puts Chicago in the lead in the field of quantum.”

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke, 47, was found in a dazed state at the home he shared with his parents in Meguro Ward, Tokyo, shortly after 10 a.m. on Thursday. His parents, also found at the scene, were both confirmed dead on the day.

Ahead of the June opening of a theme park based on the popular "Harry Potter" movies, Seibu Railway Co. held a ceremony Tuesday to celebrate the completion of the renovation of Toshimaen Station, which is the nearest station to the theme park in Nerima Ward, Tokyo.