Japan's opposition lawmaker Yoshihiko Noda grills Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a parliamentary session.

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...