Farmers harvest gigantic banpeiyu citrus fruits that can grow to the size of a child's head. Monster citrus fruit harves...

Snow crab season kicks off on the Sea of Japan as seafood lovers prepare for the delicacy to hit eateries and stores aro...

Animal poop provides the fiber for a new line of notebooks and memo pads at a zoo in northern Japan.

Terraced rice-fields are illuminated 90 kilometers south of Tokyo.

Authorities shrink the danger zone for Shinmoedake volcano in southwest Japan after it erupted for the first time in six...

A 43-year-old woman in Osaka admits releasing four raccoons into the wild after keeping them illegally.

Hokkaido issues a gale warning as an extratropical cyclone strikes the area.

Rare fall foliage reflected in a northern lake attracts photographers from across Japan.

Typhoon Lan's recent pummeling of Japan caused at least an estimated $61 million in damage to the nation's farming and f...

A pair of persimmons sell for a record $4,750 (540,000 yen) at the season's first auction in central Japan.