A herd of deer tries to cool off in a ditch as temperatures continue to soar in Nara, western Japan.

Japan Coast Guard officials say lava flow at Nishinoshima Island south of central Tokyo has temporarily stopped, but vol...

A panel of experts at the Japan Meteorological Agency say global warming is contributing to torrential rain, flooding an...

Witnesses report sightings of a monkey in residential areas of Tokyo over the weekend.

Locals in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido caught a brown bear in a trap on Thursday night.

The eggs of a pair of Japanese sparrowhawks hatch in the grounds of a Tokyo elementary school.

Researchers have identified a fireball seen streaking across the night sky over wide areas of Japan in early July as a m...

Torrential rains are causing flooding and landslides in southwestern Japan, leaving dozens dead.

A box of premium heart-shaped cherries sells for 300,000 yen at an auction in Aomori Prefecture. That makes a single Jun...

Visitors gather in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan to get a glimpse of a special flower. The "queen of the night" is cac...