Some parts of Japan's Kanto and Koshin regions, west of Tokyo, are hit with over 30cm of snow.

A geologic age has been named Chibanian, derived from a geological stratum discovered in Chiba Prefecture.

The capital of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido receives the largest amount of snowfall this winter.

A 120 cm "living fossil" frilled shark is captured off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan, but dies in captivity ...

Inland areas of Hokkaido including Etanbetsu and Horokanai record temperatures near minus 25 degrees, the coldest this y...

Some 1,800 pigs at a farm in Okinawa Prefecture will be culled after hog cholera infection is confirmed there for the fi...