The US military in Okinawa resumes CH-53E flights six days after one of the choppers dropped a window on an elementary s...

Giant panda cub Xiang Xiang is shown to the public at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo.

Major Japanese restaurant chain Ootoya will close half its stores over the New Year's due to a lack of workers.

Remedial safety work begins at the new site for Tokyo's famous fish market, where toxins were found underground.