A member of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force goes temporarily missing with an automatic rifle during a training ex...

1,000 umbrellas are being displayed in the air at a Moomin theme park north of Tokyo.

A local films a monkey slamming into a window of her apartment.

A beer factory leak turns the usually crystal-clear waters blood red in Okinawa.

The National Printing Bureau unveils how it's preparing new banknotes that will be issued next year.

Renowned Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke is arrested on suspicion of assisting his mother's suicide.

Japan will test over-the-counter sales of morning-after pills.

The construction of equipment to release treated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi is completed.

An event showing the rolling stock of Tokyo streetcars is held for the first time in four years.

Japan's tallest Kurobe Dam begins its water discharge event.