When Emi Tanimura failed to find a daycare slot for her new-born daughter, she had to take a radical step for Japan to avoid a long time away ... during this summer's Tokyo Olympic Games ...

Organizers of the Sumidagawa event had anticipated bigger crowds this year and marshaled security guards and local neighborhood associations to help with crowd control. Tokyo Metro Co. and Tokyo ...

Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted banzai — “live long” — while ... for five ...