A Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter crashes in a residential area in southwestern Japan.

Laver seaweed is shipped from Fukushima Prefecture for the first time since the 2011 nuclear disaster.

Snow blankets the Sea of Japan side of the Japanese archipelago.

A candidate backed by Japan's ruling coalition beats the incumbent in the Nago mayoral election.

A fur seal with a plastic cord stuck around its neck is found on a beach in Aomori Prefecture.