A single snow crab fetches an astounding record $17,600 at the season's first auction in western Japan.

Flower farmers in Kihoku, Mie Prefecutre are busy preparing pansy flowers for shipment.

At a zoo in Tokyo, panda cub Xiang Xiang is getting ready to part ways from her mom.

Japan launches a new satellite with enhanced capabilities to monitor global warming gas emissions to shed light on clima...

A pair of luxury persimmons fetches a whopping $4800 at the first auction of the season.

A pod of dolphins swim just off the Japan Sea coast.

A castle in the sky in Ono, Fukui Prefecture, enchants spectators.

Japan's prime minister will ask China for more pandas when he visits the country next week.

The venomous redback spider has been found at three parks in central Japan.

A deep sea-vessel starts its mission to collect rock samples from a plate that could trigger a mega-quake.