Japan's PM Abe to attend Pyeongchang Olympic opening ceremony
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will attend the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea in ...
read moreSearch continues after eruption in Gunma
Police and firefighters continue their search for survivors a day after Mount Kusatsu-Shirane erupted.
read moreSurvivors speak of narrow escape in Kusatsu eruption
People injured in a volcanic eruption at the Kusatsu ski resort in central Japan speak of their close call.
read moreNew US military copter emergency landing
Another US military helicopter has made an emergency landing in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture.
read moreMountain erupts and rocks rain on skiers in Gunma
11 skiers are injured and a Self Defense-Forces member dies as rocks rain down from an erupting mountain in Gunma Prefec...
read moreHeavy snow snarls Tokyo commuters
23 centimeters of snow wreaks havoc on the evening commute in Japan's capital.
read moreInterstellar Technologies displays MOMO 2
A venture capital firm aiming to put Japan's first civilian rocket in space shows off its new MOMO 2.
read moreKyoto U. stem cell researcher fabricated results
Kyoto University says a researcher at its iPS stem cell institute engaged in fabrication and falsification.
read moreTokyo conducts missile attack drill
The city of Tokyo conducts a missile attack drill in preparation for a possible North Korean ICBM strike.
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