A mushroom manufacturer in central Japan has succeeded for the first time in Japan to artificially cultivate bamboo fung...

Misa Matsushima, 26, becomes Japan's first woman fighter pilot.

Emperor Hirohito's anguish over his wartime responsibility has come to light in his chamberlain's diary.

Record highs topping 40 degrees are set for the first time in Niigata along the Sea of Japan.

Powerful typhoon Cimaron is feared to devastate western Japan.