A department store near Ueno Zoo in Tokyo starts selling a giant panda figure made of pure gold.

The Japanese government has announced today it has canceled evacuation drills to prepare for a potential North Korean mi...

A volcano in the Kirishima Mountain Range erupts violently in Southwestern Japan.

An apparent stray bullet found in a farm hut with a broken window in Okinawa, may have come from a nearby US military ba...

An astronaut's research in space could lead to advances in drug development for serious diseases.

4 days after a M6.1 quake killed a 9-year-old girl in western Japan, kids are back at school.

The only nuclear plant in the greater Tokyo region has had its operational life extended 20 years.