Snow continues to fall on various parts of Japan.

Eight N.Korean men whose wood fishing boat drifted into Japanese waters leave for home via China.

Four people building facilities for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are recognized as suffering work-related death or injury.

Giant panda cub Xiang Xiang enjoys her first Christmas.

More than a century-old Bonsai trees are being decorated for New Year.

A bomb cyclone is bringing blizzard conditions to northern Japan.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to initiate constitutional revisions as late as summer 2019.

Giant panda twins in Wakayama Prefecture receive an icy gift.

Nearly half of a US military training area in Okinawa Prefecture is returned to landowners.

Strong winds disrupt traffic and bring high waves in northern Japan.