Typhoon Jongdari has slowed down but deadly heat wave continues to smother the nation.

A flood-hit university in Hiroshima restarts classes.

Japan vows to reduce its 47 tons of plutonium stockpile.

Researchers at Kyoto University announce they will begin clinical trials treating Parkinson's disease with iPS cells.

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai returns to earth after a six-month stint on the International Space Station and calls...

Typhoon Jongdari does minimal damage on Honshu this weekend. Rescue workers resume searching for missing people and repa...

A group of students at Tokushima University in western Japan are working to bring the first electric railroad to the are...

Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga makes another attempt at stopping the relocation of US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.

4,091 people enter an annual race to see who can run to the top of Mt. Fuji the fastest.

Typhoon Jongdari heads for Japan, threatening further damage to flood-ravaged regions in western Japan and disrupting a ...