Blue bees fascinate visitors at Minami-Aso, southwest Japan.

Powerful Typhoon Noru lashes the west coast of the main island of Japan with rain and violent winds as it works its way ...

Isao Tomita, 91, is the last of a generation of "goriki" porter-guides who used to work Mt Fuji before roads were built....

At 50 days old, a giant panda born at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo can now fully open its eyes.

Japan's Meteorological Agency declares the end of the rainy season in the Hokuriku and Tohoku regions with sunny and hot...

A 68-year-old karate expert repulses a bear in the mountains of central Japan.

Ueno Zoo begins looking for names for a newborn giant panda.

Harvesting of Japan's jumbo watermelons gets into full swing in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan.

Tokyo Electric Power Company releases footage of the crippled No. 3 Reactor at Fukushima Daiichi.

Facing a water shortage, authorities move to further tighten limits on use of the Arakawa River System starting Friday.