The season's first frost is observed in a town in northern Japan.

Typhoon Chaba damages property in Okinawa and progresses toward Kyushu.

Super Typhoon Chaba is barreling toward Japan's southern islands, packing unprecedented winds and rain.

The oyster harvest kicks off early in western Japan with observers expecting a big haul this year.

Hitachi, Toshiba, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are in talks to merge their nuclear operations.

A memorial is held near Mt. Ontake in Nagano Prefecture, two years after Japan's worst postwar volcanic disaster.

A shinkansen bullet train makes an emergency stop after a passenger finds a snake coiled around an armrest.

A postal employee is seriously injured after his vehicle falls from a fractured road on a rain-soaked hill.

Colorful autumn foliage tints the Taisetsu mountain range in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

Typhoon Malakas grinds up the Pacific coast, leaving a trail of destruction in southwest Japan.