Researchers at the National Institute of Polar Research and other affiliated institutions find Northern Elephant Seals u...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako remotely attend the National Tree Planting Festival in Shiga Prefecture.

The Japan Meteorological Agency will work on improving forecasts for heavy rain from linear precipitation belts in colla...

3,000 azaleas are wooing tourists in Hakone.

A three-meter squid is found alive...but dies soon after in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan.

Typhoon Malakas, a large-scale typhoon, passes near the Ogasawara islands south of Tokyo.

A Japanese giant salamander is spotted in the Motoyasu River at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

Owakudani Nature Trail, a tourist attraction in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, opens for the first time in 7 years.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito delivers a video message to the World Water Forum in Senegal.

Floodplains of the Tone River burn.