The climbing season for Mt. Fuji begins on July 1, with climbers making the ascent before dawn.

A local films a monkey slamming into a window of her apartment.

Japan's tallest Kurobe Dam begins its water discharge event.

Twin giant panda cubs Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoological Gardens celebrate their second birthday on June 2...

Yamagata Benio cherries worth 100,000yen are stolen in Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan.

Visitors enjoy Japanese iris at Kyoto's Heian Jingu Shrine.

Small crabs that live in Japan's warm tidal flats perform what are thought to be courtship dances on a beach in western ...

Dozens join a tour in Yokohama to remember the Great Kanto earthquake.

Typhoon Mawar brings strong winds to Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

A mountain reflection on terraced rice paddy fields in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, is popular among amateur photogr...