Lawmakers in Okinawa, Japan approve a resolution protesting the crash of a US fighter jet.

A memorial is held near Mt. Ontake in Nagano Prefecture, two years after Japan's worst postwar volcanic disaster.

Kumamon, the official mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, "appears" on a lawn in Kumamoto city.

Removal of tsunami debris from waters near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant gets underway.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledges additional efforts to breathe life into the economy and calls for debate on re...

A shinkansen bullet train makes an emergency stop after a passenger finds a snake coiled around an armrest.

A concert staff was seriously injured after a piece of confetti ruptured her right eyeball.

Chinese aircraft including warplanes flew between Japan's Okinawa and Miyako islands for the first time.

An engineer in Hiroshima comes up with a way to extend the life of concrete and solve Japan's aging infrastructure probl...

A postal employee is seriously injured after his vehicle falls from a fractured road on a rain-soaked hill.