The Meteorological Research Institute and others publish a research article that shows global warming increases the occu...

Desperate rescue efforts continue 72 hours after the dealy earthquake in Morocco.

Rarely seen fairy pittas are on display at a zoo in Kochi, western Japan.

Climber Miura Yuichiro, aged 90, reaches the summit of Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, on a wheelchair.

The Japan Meteorological Agency releases its three-month weather forecast, saying that temperatures are expected to rema...

At Tateyama Port west of Tokyo, some reports of dolphin sightings are made by fisherman from the shore.

1,800 locals are stranded in southwestern Japan after Typhoon Lan destroys bridges and causes mudslides.

Hundreds of passengers are stranded at Tokyo Station after Typhoon Lan lashes Shizuoka Prefecture.

Typhoon Lan makes landfall in Japan, disrupting traffic as the country's summer holiday season peaks.

Sea temperatures in waters off the Sanriku Coast in northeastern Japan have risen by 10 degrees.