Record highs topping 40 degrees are set for the first time in Niigata along the Sea of Japan.

Powerful typhoon Cimaron is feared to devastate western Japan.

Freshwater diving is booming at clear Lake Motosu near Mt. Fuji. One man is helping to drive the trend.

Weather officials warn people to prepare for Thursday's landfall of powerful typhoon Cimaron in western Japan.

A wild deer found in Tokyo is caught by police and zoo employees 12 hours later.

Nippon TV follows a licensed alligator trapper in the wake of a fatal attack on a Japanese woman in South Florida.

A park in Saitama, northeast of Tokyo, puts up notice boards after complaints of people digging up cicada larvae, possib...

Weather officials warn of high-speed wind gusts, heavy rain and high waves as typhoons Soulik and Cimaron approach Japan...

Japan's Meteorological Agency presents an action plan for improving forecasts by 2030.

Two typhoons bear down on Japan, threatening to bring high winds and torrential rains.