Whale washes ashore in eastern Japan
A whale measuring more than 10 meters long washes ashore in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan.
read more"Spring Quartet" full bloom in central Japan
Visitors enjoy a beautiful landscape of tulips, rape blossoms and cherry blossoms and snowy mountains in central Japan.
read more32 dolphins washed ashore near Tokyo
32 dolphins get washed ashore near Tokyo, out of which 6 of them die and are carried into a research center.
read moreTemple cherry blossoms lit up in western Japan
Cherry blossoms at Miidera, a Buddhist temple in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, are lit up at night for a limited time...
read moreCherry blossoms enchant visitors in Washington DC
The symbol of Japan-US friendship is now in full bloom in Washington DC.
read moreFirefly squids washed ashore on central Japan island
Massive amounts of firefly squids wash up on the shore of Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan.
read moreTokyo's Ueno Park to allow visitors to drink while seeing cherry blossoms this year
Tokyo's Ueno Park will allow visitors to drink while seeing cherry blossoms this year for the first time in four years.
read moreNew supercomputer expected to improve accuracy of linear rainband prediction
The Japan Meteorological Agency begins using a new supercomputer expected to improve the accuracy of predicting linear r...
read more90 hectares of mountain burned in west of Tokyo
A controlled burn takes place in Mt. Omuro in Shizuoka Prefecture, burning around 90 hectares of land.
read moreGrass burning at Akiyoshidai plateau in western Japan
A large-scale grass burning event takes place at Akiyoshidai plateau in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, to promote ...
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