Officials of Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward are overwhelmed by paperwork about the tens of thousands of people who keep their family ...

The number of infectious gastroenteritis cases caused by norovirus and other pathogens in Japan hit the highest level in 10 ...

Cherry blossoms in central Tokyo are officially blooming, weather officials announced around 2 p.m. on March 24.

Japan's National Police Agency is considering limits on ATM withdrawals and transfers by those aged 75 and older to 300,000 ...

Tokyo, March 24 (Jiji Press) -- Cherry blossoms have started blooming in Tokyo this season, the Japan Meteorological Agency ...

TOKYO -- Many people prayed for prosperous and safe business operations throughout the year at Kanda Myoujin shrine in the Japanese capital's Chiyoda Ward on Jan. 6, the first workday of 2025 for ...

The 100th anniversary edition of a guidebook of railway timetables throughout Japan has gone on sale at bookstores.

Tokyo, March 24 (Jiji Press)--Cherry blossoms have started blooming in Tokyo this season, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced Monday. The first buds have now opened on a benchmark Somei ...

TOKYO -- Only four of Tokyo's 23 wards ban street smoking of both traditional cigarettes and heated tobacco products and impose fines for violations, the Mainichi Shimbun has found. Heated tobacco ...

This cherry blossom festival, one of Tokyo's most popular, takes place along the 700m-long Chidorigafuchi Ryokudo promenade near the Imperial Palace, around which there are some 250 sakura trees.

TOKYO – A teenager was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on the morning of Feb 24 after admitting to stabbing a man on a street in Adachi ward, Tokyo, in the predawn hours of the same ...