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TOKYO (AP) — One person died and two others were injured in a knife attack Wednesday night outside a train station in Nagano in central Japan, and police were looking for a suspect who fled, ...

(Mainichi/Sho Ohara)=Click/tap photo for more images ... the only officially recognized Tibetan temple in Japan. One of the most eye-catching features at the hilltop temple, known as a power ...

For more information, visit the Shirakawa-go light-up committee office website or call 05769-6-1013 (in Japanese). (Japanese original by Kazuki Yamazaki, Nagoya Photo and Video Department) ...

Relatives of victims of a fatal bus crash on Wednesday marked the ninth anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 13 passengers and two drivers in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan 15, ...

On the second floor, there are two connected Japanese-style rooms. People can take photos in both Western and Japanese attire, with suitable backgrounds for each. Many families want to take keepsake ...

13, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Kimono-clad women take a photo after a ceremony to celebrate the Coming-of-Age Day, a centuries-old tradition and national holiday celebrating the milestone from ...

A Tokyo-based photographer will publish a photo book this spring ... found mainly in Yamanashi and Nagano prefectures. Yoshimura was attracted to his subject by the way the vending machines seemed to ...

Snow continued to sweep across northern and western parts of Japan along its Sea of Japan coast Friday ... Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos from Yamagata to Kyoto prefectures offering a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image provided by European Space Agency shows close-up photos of Mercury’s north pole taken by the ...