Oriental storks, once extinct in Japan, hatch on Shikoku Island.

Tokyo is first in the nation to see Someiyoshino cherry blossoms, launching the official start to Japan's cherry blossom...

High in the mountains of northern Japan, spring snow clearing has begun.

Engineers in northern Japan are developing an anti-bear robot after a string of fatal attacks.

A town office in a small town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant disaster reopens for the first time since ...

The decommissioning process at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has just started.

People flock to a famous swan lake in central Japan after entry restriction due to bird flu is lifted.

A pair of giant pandas is confirmed to have been mating at Ueno Zoo in central Tokyo.

Monkeys appear to be suffering from pollen allergies on Shodo Island in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan.

The government adds 16 major active faults to its list of those to be monitored, bringing the total in earthquake-prone ...