Japanese astronaut Wakata Koichi holds a news conference from outer space.

The first of Japan's new H3 rocket series fails to lift off from Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan.

Used Japanese "hina" dolls are on display at a historic facility in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture.

A team of Japanese and US researchers finds a dinosaur larynx fossil that is expected to provide hints on how the now-ex...

Members of the Japan Disaster Relief Team returns from search and rescue activities in quake-hit Turkey.

Princess Kako takes in an exhibit of Japanese calligraphy works by female calligraphers on display at a department store...

Police send papers to prosecutors on a man who set off fireworks at the Shibuya Scramble Crossing in central Tokyo in No...

A sun pillar appears in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido as temperatures drop to around 30 degrees below zero...

A fire twirling festival takes place in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, to wish for safety and good health in the comi...

Toyoda Shoichiro, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor who turned the Japanese company into a global carmaker, dies of hear...