Dozens of people spend the night at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan, as inclement weather forces flight ...

Snow disrupts traffic and transportation systems in the Tokyo area.

The viewing ticket lottery for the public debut of twin baby pandas Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao has an average 1 in 348 odds f...

Alligators get a year-end clean-up at an alligator garden at Shizuoka Prefecture.

Nearly 200,000 people could die in a magnitude-9 earthquake if it strikes northern Japan, according to a simulation by t...

The Yamagata Zao Onsen Ski Resort opens for the winter season on December 11.

Strong earthquakes hit Yamanashi and Wakayama prefectures in eastern and western Japan, respectively, registering lower ...

Whales swim around a cabin cruiser in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture in eastern Japan.

The Japan Meteorological Agency forecasts that eastern and western Japan will have higher-than-average snowfall this win...

Temperatures fall to the lowest levels this winter in various parts of Japan.