Iceland's melting caves
Nippon TV visits Iceland's Vatnajokull Glacier to see how global warming is affecting the tourist favorite ice caves.
read moreDish of the year tracks changing food fashions
Japan's online restaurant search giant Gurunavi reveals its annual dish of the year.
read moreImperial Couple meets disabled
The Imperial Couple visits a facility for people with mental disabilities for the last time before abdicating the Chrysa...
read more2 rescued, 5 missing after Marines planes collide
2 US Marines are rescued and 5 are missing following a midair collision over the Pacific about 110 kilometers southeast ...
read moreSecond Tokyo medical school discriminated against women applicants
A probe finds Juntendo University's medical school discriminated against women applicants, in the second such case to co...
read moreData snafu snarls Tokyo trains
Data transmission troubles snarl Tokyo train lines, hitting morning commuters from the day's first departures.
read more3D printing brings new interest to fossil exhibition
A museum in northern Japan introduces a 3D printed skeleton to mark 40 years since the discovery of an unusual extinct s...
read moreTokyo 2020 events shifted to avoid heat
Events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will shift times to deal with the city's intense midday summer heat.
read moreOkinawa appeal rejected over US base project
Japan's higher court rejects Okinawa Prefecture's appeal over the controversial transfer of a US air base.
read more3rd hog cholera case detected in Gifu
Two pigs are infected with hog cholera in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, in the third case in the prefecture since Sept...
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