Families in Nagasaki Prefecture send off the spirits of their beloved ones.

A traditional fire festival in Fukushima resumes for the first time since the 2011 disaster.

The number of rubella infections in Japan has doubled compared with last year.

Heavy rain pounds northern Japan.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe begins his summer holiday, dining with former leaders at his vacation home near Mt. Fuji.

At a Tokyo University lab, a professor is researching the possibilities of bioybrids for use in regenerative medicine.