Police confirm 4 hikers dead at Mt. Fuji ahead of climbing season
Shizuoka Police found three hikers unconscious on the Shizuoka Prefecture side of Mt. Fuji ahead of the official climbin...
read moreBear surprises passengers on train
Train announcement /The windows on this train can open. Please do not open them. It is very dangerous. Please keep the w...
read moreFor Tohoku: Walking event for Michinoku Coastal Trail
A walking event to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Michinoku Coastal Trail opening took place in Miyagi Prefect...
read moreTwo Siberian tiger cubs born on May 19 at Adventure World in Wakayama Prefecture on display to the public
Two Siberian tigers were born at Adventure World in Hamamatsu, Wakayama Prefecture western Japan on May 19. The two cubs...
read moreJapan braces for heavy rain and mudslide
Torrential rain lashed Japan on June 18, suspending trains and triggering weather warnings.Severe rain drenched areas th...
read moreJapan sees record-high number of mountain climbers go missing in 2023
S/ Matsumura Yoshifumi, Chairperson of National Public Safety Commission: The incidence of mountain and water accidents ...
read moreTemperatures top 30 degrees Celsius nationwide including Tokyo
Central Tokyo observed the first “midsummer day” this year on June 12. There were other places in Japan that had a sc...
read moreMany Japanese tourists celebrate Xiang Xiang's birthday in China
S/ Nippon TV correspondent Hasegawa Yutaka: This is China’s giant panda park. There is a long line of people even before...
read moreLarge swarm of bees appears in middle of Tokyo
On June 11, a swarm of what seemed to be bees appeared near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, causing a brief commotion.Footage...
read moreNoto region in central Japan hit by strong quake
The Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan was rocked by a strong earthquake on the morning of June 3, meas...
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