Police release footage of search and rescue efforts following a fatal avalanche in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan.

Three backcountry skiers survive an avalanche on Mount Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, while four Finnish s...

A traditional mountain burning event takes place at Mount Wakakusa in Nara, western Japan.

A drone show is held at Upopoy, a national park in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido featuring the Ainu people...

Japan's health ministry panel approves an oral abortion pill, taking it a step closer to becoming the country's first or...

The Japanese government decides to downgrade the classification of the coronavirus under the infectious disease law to t...

Japan's National Police Agency summons a meeting of officials from 14 prefectural police forces to seek ways to resolve ...

Toyota Motor announces that president Toyoda Akio will succeed outgoing chairman Uchiyamada Takeshi, and be replaced by ...

A suspected ringleader of a series of robbery cases that have recently occurred in various parts of Japan centering on t...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako remotely visit an elderly nursing home in Fukushima Prefecture and interact with res...