The Imperial couple will take part in a number of events related to the Emperor's enthronement in the coming weeks.
The ritual taking place from November 14 to 15 is the "Daijokyu-no-gi." This Imperial family event constitutes the main part of the "Daijosai," or the Great Thanksgiving Ceremony, which is held only once in the Emperor's reign, following his accession.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to line the streets of central Tokyo on Sunday afternoon to watch Emperor Naruhito's enthronement parade.
People have been gathering around the Imperial Palace since the morning so they can get a good look at the Imperial couple.
Police say it will take several days at the minimum to complete their investigation into the cause of the fire at Shuri Castle in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.
The blaze engulfed the World Heritage-listed site in Naha City as it raged for 11 hours on Thursday. The main structures of the castle, including the wooden 3-story main hall, were destroyed.
Panasonic says it may be two months before production can resume at a plant forced to halt operations due to Typhoon Hagibis.
Much of the equipment at the company's factory in the northern city of Koriyama was flooded. Water rose higher than a one-meter-high wall and flowed into the building.
Japan says it will participate in a US-led project to put a space station into orbit around the moon.
The government made the decision on Friday at a meeting of the Strategic Headquarters for National Space Policy, attended by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and cabinet ministers.
The International Olympic Committee says it is considering moving the marathon and race walking events for next year's Tokyo Olympics to the northern Japanese city of Sapporo.
The IOC announced this on Wednesday, citing cooler conditions expected in the city in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido.
The operator of the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train says it will be one or two weeks before operations along its entire route are restored due to disruptions caused by Typhoon Hagibis over the weekend.
The Hokuriku Shinkansen connects Tokyo with the central Japanese city of Kanazawa, via Nagano.
A record high percentage of Japan's male government officials took childcare leave in the fiscal year that ended in March.
Japan's National Personnel Authority reported that 1,350 men engaged in clerical work took the leave last fiscal year, up about 160 from the previous fiscal year.
Following the launch of the long-awaited Lexus LY650 yacht in Miami this week, Toyota has indicated that its luxury brand could venture out into the world of jets.
Following its premiere at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, the Mazda CX-30 has now launched in the United Kingdom. However, you'll have to wait at least until January to take delivery, as that's when the first units will arrive in the country.
If you're a car enthusiast with a Netflix subscription, you have to watch the streaming service's latest series that’s aptly named Hyperdrive.
Have you ever been driving along and started to wish that your car had an onboard hot spring which you could jump into to enjoy a warm bath? Maybe, maybe not.
Though announced a few months ago, we're now getting our first look at the 2020 Toyota Supra that will be part of Gazoo Racing's two-car assault (the other is a Lexus LC race car) on the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race held by the VLN series that races exclusively at the German race track. It appears virtually identical to the Toyota Supra GT4 concept shown in March. The bodywork is mostly stock except for the front and side splitters and the giant rear wing. And if it's based on the GT4 concept, which was built for the SRO's GT4 class, that means it surely has a turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six closely related to the production car.
The car will be racing in the SP8T class, which is a relatively open class permitting body modifications such as what we see on this GT4-style Supra. SP8T is specifically for cars up to 4.0 liters of displacement with forced induction. This will be the third VLN race in which the Supra has competed. Of the two previous races, the Supra has finished only one.
Porsche and Toyota are rarely mentioned in the same sentence, but it’s going to be more common in the future as the 2020 GR Supra was created with the express purpose of battling the 718 Cayman.