According to the official Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics Twitter account, it's business as usual ahead of this year's games.
Temperatures have been stuck above 31 Celsius in and around Tokyo since July 24
A city in Japan has been bombarded with inquiries from aspiring ninjas, after a news report was mistaken for a "ninjas wanted" advertisement.
One man was killed and at least 11 people injured, when rocks from an erupting volcano rained down on skiers at a mountain resort in Japan.
Typhoon Lan killed four people and set off off landslides and flooding that prompted evacuation orders for tens of thousands of people.
The medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be forged from recycled metal from old mobile phones and appliances donated by the general public.
Update: APA Group remove books from a hotel hosting athletes at the 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games.
A disgraced Japanese researcher has failed to replicate results hailed as a potential breakthrough in stemcell treatment.
Tradition can be hard to find amid the lanes and towers of the metropolis of 13 million.
Just 2. 5 hours from Tokyo, Morioka and its laid-back lifestyle makes a good weekend getaway.
Though talk of vampires exist as early as ancient times, it took hundreds of years for them to evolve into the undead of more recent history.
Venture away from the main tourist drag and it's still possible to spend hours strolling through rice fields, stopping in villages along the way to chat with locals. ...