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.

Whiteout and other snow-related weather conditions in Hokkaido cause car accidents in parts of Japan's northernmost pref...

Record amounts of heavy snow fall in Sapporo over the weekend, causing disruptions in transportation systems.