A woman in her 70s loses approximately $2m in a phone scam in Niigata Prefecture, northern Japan.

A parasite detector and an anti-viral deep UV-LED emitter are on display at a seafood show in Tokyo.

Summer heat is engulfing Japan despite the traditional calendar predicting cooler temperatures at this time of year.

A panda cub at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo has gained 746 grams in 10 days.

2 are dead and 1 missing after a barge and a boat pulling it sank off southwest Japan.