A pricey wall of frozen soil Japan built at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant is of limited effectiveness in slowing ...

A low pressure system wallops Hokkaido with snow.

Graduating students try to outdo each other with unique costumes at the commencement of an art college in central Japan.

Osaka University green-lights plans for the world's first heart surgery using iPS stem cells.

60 years after opening, Tokyo Tower's observation deck gets a makeover.

A pair of mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games is chosen after primary school kids voted nationwide.

West Japan Railway says a crack in a bullet train undercarriage found last December may have been caused by lack of thic...