A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate power.

Some Japanese are trying to reinvigorate their country's most aged village — where two-thirds of residents are over 65.

A Japanese court sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of murder for carrying out a shocking arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto, Japan, that killed 36 people.

Gov. Brian Kemp celebrated 50 years of friendship between Georgia and the Japanese Consulate in Atlanta. Lawmakers in both chambers also acknowledged Maternal Health Awareness Day. And Sen. Greg Dolezal (R-Cumming) introduced a resolution to look at Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ alleged mishandling of state money during her indictment of former President Trump. 

Japan is now the fifth country to pull off a soft landing on the moon. A Japanese space agency manager earlier called the landing "a breathless, numbing 20 minutes of terror!"

Middle- and upper-class Chinese are joining a migration wave to Japan.

Officials say 1,370 homes were completely or partially destroyed. Many of the houses in that western coastal region of the main island are aging and wooden. Some 30,000 people are in shelters.

All 379 occupants of the Japan Airlines plane escaped safely after colliding with a Japan coast guard aircraft carrying earthquake relief supplies. Five coast guard crew members died.

Aftershocks continued to shake Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas on Tuesday, a day after a magnitude 7.6 temblor slammed the region on Monday afternoon.

Japan dropped its highest-level tsunami alert, issued following a series of major earthquakes, but told residents of coastal areas not to return to their homes as deadly waves could still come.

Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party replaced two of its top executives as part of a purge related to investigations into alleged political slush funds.

Leaders from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations adopted a joint vision that emphasizes security and economic cooperation, amid growing tensions with China.

Some of these traditions' origin stories and how they are implemented can vary by region or households, but they nonetheless help bring holiday cheer to those who celebrate.

The decision to release the movie profiling the American scientist follows criticism that the film largely ignored the impact of the bombings that killed more than 200,000 people in Japan.

Air Force Special Operations Command has identified the eight service members lost when their Osprey aircraft crashed off the coast of Japan last week. The crew ranged in ages from 24 to 36 years old and came from eight states, including U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jake M. Turnage, 25, of Kennesaw, Georgia.