Japan’s most popular doughnut franchise has four festive seasonal treats this year that celebrate Sakura.

Students at Naval Air Facility Atsugi squared off in a chess tournament against Japanese challengers from nearby schools.

Starbucks launched its limited-time Sakura Matcha with Sakura Jelly at convenience stores this month.

The annual Multicultural Day celebration of world cultures brought a sampling of Japanese onigiri and Hawaiian hula to children at Camp Zama’s John O. Arnn Elementary School.

A second, larger contingent of Australian sailors is training alongside U.S. counterparts on Guam as part of an agreement to create a nuclear-powered submarine force for the Australian navy.

The first big snowfall of the season dumped nearly 3 inches of precipitation across Tokyo, including at several U.S. military installations in the area.

Tokyo-area U.S. military bases warned their populations to prepare Monday as the first significant snowfall of the year bore down on the region.

The entry fee to Yoshida Trail on Mount Fuji is increasing.

A civilian employee at this airlift hub in western Tokyo teamed up with a friend to deliver blankets and other essentials to victims of a deadly earthquake that struck central Japan on New Year’s Day.

The first three future submariners for the Australian navy have completed initial training to become nuclear power operators as the U.S. ally prepares to stand up a modern submarine force.