Tokyo police have newly arrested three men — believed to have close ties with major crime syndicates — for suspected ...

At least one person was taken to the hospital while approximately 20 people reported sore throats on Monday after a man ...

Celebrated since the early 17th century and recognised as one of the three ‘great festivals’ of Edo (along with the Kanda and Fukagawa festivals), the Sanno Matsuri is often considered to mark the ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, May 29 (Reuters) - Annual core inflation in Japan's capital stayed below the central bank's 2% target for a fourth straight month in May, data showed on Friday, as fuel and ...

Japan has long relied on innovation to beat the heat. From the invention of sensu fans that could be folded up into a kimono in the Heian era more than 1,200 years ago, to parasols which in recent ...

The hot dog might be a North American staple, but Tokyo has taken the fat and juicy classic in its own direction. Across the ...

Here are three things to try at Tokyo Central, the enormous Japanese supermarket, in the Bay Area.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 index has topped 68,000 in early trading after U.S. stocks pushed further into record territory ...