Elaborately decorated floats have been paraded through streets during a traditional festival in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has sent an offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead to coincide with its autumn festival, public broadcaster NHK reported on Saturday.

A traditional autumn festival called Nagasaki Kunchi has begun in the western Japanese city. Nagasaki Kunchi is held every ...

International violinist Timothy Chooi has recently been honored with the loan of the Stradivarius 1714 “Dolphin” violin from ...

A centuries-old festival featuring 13 lavishly decorated floats is underway in the central Japanese prefecture of Toyama, ...

NHK has learned that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, or MUFG, is set to acquire the right to name the National Stadium, the ...

A Japan-South Korea cultural exchange festival opened in Tokyo on Saturday as the two countries mark the 60th anniversary of ...

One of Asia's biggest film festivals will kick off in Tokyo later this month. Two films from Japan are among the 15 works ...

Many people have flocked to an annual festival in Nemuro City in the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido to enjoy Pacific saury, an autumn delicacy in the country.

Japan's Yoneda Satoshi has won the top prize at a prestigious music festival in eastern France that takes place every two ...

Chinese travelers are expected to make more than 2.3 billion trips during the country's week-long holidays, which began on ...

Japan's Agriculture Minister Koizumi Shinjiro has decided he is going to join the race and run for the leadership of the country's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Koizumi met with local assembly ...