Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's transport vessel JS Osumi starts sending relief aid to quake-hit Ishikawa.

At least 48 people are confirmed dead as of January 2 evening local time, a day following a magnitude-7.6 earthquake hit...

Wild monkeys are seen playing at a temple in northeastern Japan and holding a rope attached to a bell, as if praying.

Wild monkeys gather around space heaters in a zoo in southwestern Japan.

A stalk of green onion is found growing on a paved road in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan.

Major Japanese convenience store chains 7-Eleven, FamilyMart, and Lawson launch a new series of products in collaboratio...

The first two cases of avian influenza this season are confirmed in Saga Prefecture in southwestern Japan and Ibaraki Pr...

A new island that has formed off Iwoto, part of the Ogasawara chain of islands located about 1,200 kilometers south of c...

The Japan Meteorological Agency releases its three-month forecast, saying there is a risk of a warm winter due to the El...

Volcanic activity continues on a new island created after an eruption occurred off Iwoto, part of the Ogasawara chain of...