Daigo Fukuryu Maru survivor account
85-year-old Daigo Fukuryu Maru survivor Matashichi Oishi recounts his experience of being exposed to radioactive fallout...
read moreDaigo Fukuryu Maru - Japan's 3rd encounter with nuclear fallout
A museum in Tokyo houses the Daigo Fukuryu Maru, a fishing boat where 23 crew members were exposed to radiation on March...
read moreTyphoon Krosa slams western Japan
Typhoon Krosa makes landfall in Hiroshima and slams western Japan with high winds and rain while cancelling flight and t...
read moreJapan marks 74th anniversary of end of WWII
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a memorial service for the war dead at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo as Japan comme...
read moreTyphoon Krosa stops trains, planes
Powerful Typhoon Krosa disrupts public transportation, affecting vacationers in western Japan during the Obon holiday pe...
read moreHairy fish
Locals in Aomori, northern Japan, find fish with algae growing from their heads that looks like hair.
read moreGiant panda Saihin turns 1
Saihin, a giant panda at Wakayama's Adventure World, celebrates her first birthday.
read moreHunters kill bear near residential area of Sapporo
Hunters shoot and kill a bear near a residential area of Sapporo after it is spotted around the city for 9 consecutive d...
read morePowerful typhoon may land on Japan this week
Powerful Typhoon Krosa is headed for Japan's main islands and could make landfall this week.
read moreResearchers film shark attacking seal
A Japanese research group captures video of a great white shark attacking a seal for the first time ever.
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