Twenty-one cases of infection with the double mutant coronavirus variant from India have been confirmed in Japan.

A tulip fair opens in central Japan featuring some 3 million tulips of 300 varieties.

The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route has fully reopened again after part of the road closed for the winter is cut through up...

Unseasonal snow falls in northern Japan in early April, covering cherry buds in some areas.

A massive fire breaks out in Shimane Prefecture, destroying around 20 houses and forcing 50 people to evacuate.

Fishermen in Toyama Prefecture catch 800 kilograms of Japanese glass shrimp on the first day of this year's fishing seas...

A Japanese government committee of experts releases a map that indicates the probability of major earthquakes occurring ...

A hazard map envisioning the possible eruption of Mt. Fuji has been revised for the first time in 17 years, with areas f...

Around 80 cherry blossoms form a tunnel at Uranosaki Station in Saga Prefecture.

A slush avalanche occurs on Mount Fuji, with mud approaching residential areas.