The Japanese Diet has kicked off its latest session, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowing to impress the world with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympics.
Abe says the Games are a chance for communities hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami nearly nine years ago to show how far they've come.
The Tokyo metropolitan government has designated the competition venues of the coming Olympic and Paralympic Games as priority areas for the next generation 5G communication standard.
5G networks enable high-speed, large-capacity communication. Full-scale services will start in Japan this spring.
A huge Olympic symbol monument has been unveiled in Tokyo Bay, six months before the city hosts the 2020 Games.
The five-ring monument arrived at the sea at Odaiba Marine Park, one of the Olympic venues, on Friday morning. It measures 33 meters long and 15 meters high and will remain on a barge until the end of the Games.
The second round of lottery sale for Tokyo Paralympics tickets for residents in Japan has begun on the official ticketing website.
A promotional event was held in Tokyo on Wednesday, attended by Tokyo-born canoeist Monika Seryu and US archer Matt Stutzman, who won a silver medal at the London Paralympics.
The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games has released ticket designs.
All 84 designs were unveiled at an event in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Tokyo Olympic athletes beware--particularly larger ones.
The bed frames in the Athletes Village at this year's Olympics will be made of cardboard. Sturdy cardboard.
Artisan Spirits has taken to the Tokyo Auto Salon to unveil a plethora of upgrade packages for a wide array of vehicles.
Suzuki has debuted a new special Katana edition of the Swift Sport at the Tokyo Auto Salon this year, paying tribute to their iconic and recently revived Katana motorcycle.
At last year's Tokyo Motor Show, Mitsubishi unveiled the Super Height K-Wagon Concept, a production-ready study that previewed the next-generation of the firm's tallest kei cars.
Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games say hydrogen will be used to light the Olympic flame cauldron.
Tokyo Games' organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto unveiled the plan on Friday at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland.
About 250 Imperial Guard Headquarters members paraded solemnly through central Tokyo on Jan. 25 with unwavering determination ahead of the upcoming historical events in accordance with Emperor Akihito's abdication of the throne.
The members of the Imperial Guard Headquarters, dedicated to the protection of the emperor and his family, marched in perfect unison with 12 guard horses and three guard dogs during an annual parade through Higashi Gyoen (east garden of the Imperial Palace) to mark the beginning of the year.