Japan is digging out from incredibly deep snowfalls that slowed transportation and left a man dead.

As pandas Ri Ri and Shin Shin enter mating season, workers at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo are again hoping they produce offspring.

This otter really loves to spin.

Kobe commemorates the 22nd anniversary of the Great Hanshin earthquake.

Sasebo City issues a warning after hydrochloric acid flows into the river.

Japan's beer shipments at major brewers log a new low as they decline for 12 years running.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and pledges maritime security-relate...

A startup in Hiroshima is using hi-tech methods to outfit people with the perfect-fitting shoes.

Snow claims a woman in northern Japan as sub-zero temperatures and more snow loom over the weekend.

Emperor Akihito and the Imperial family ring in the New Year with an ancient poetry reading event.