Empress Masako pins prestigious medals on two Japanese nurses at the Florence Nightingale Medal Ceremony in Tokyo.

Two typhoons close in as temperatures continue to soar across Japan.

The Great Buddha in Todai-ji Temple gets cleaned before the Obon summer holiday.

2020 Olympic planners test ways to deal with the extreme heat at the Sea Forest Waterway rowing and canoeing venue.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum has a new exhibit of A-bomb-related materials to replace a mannequin exhibit hibakusha s...