Typhoon kills two people
Typhoon Trami claims two lives and leaves a 67-year-old woman missing.
read moreU.S. deploys Osprey aircraft in Tokyo
The U.S. military officially deploys five controversial Osprey aircraft to the Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo.
read moreA brave new world in education
Technology is breaking down barriers and opening up new possibilities at schools around Japan.
read moreFukushima fuel removal hit by delay
Work to remove spent fuel from Japan's meltdown-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant will be greatly delayed.
read more4 Mitsubishi Electric employees awarded workers' compensation
Four employees at Japan's Mitsubishi Electric are awarded workers' compensation as the government tries to combat long w...
read morePowerful typhoon to hit Japan this weekend
People traveling to Japan should take into account another powerful typhoon forecast to hit the country this weekend.
read moreRubella spreading in Japan
127 cases of rubella were reported in Japan in just one week, bring the yearly total to 642, a seven-fold increase over ...
read moreCrown Prince, Princess visit flood victims in Kyushu
Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako visit flood victims in northern Kyushu's Asakura, a city heavily damaged...
read moreNuclear plant in western Japan allowed to restart
The Hiroshima High Court reverses its verdict, allowing the restart of the Ikata nuclear plant's number 3 reactor.
read more10 years since release of crested ibises into wild
Sado Island in the Sea of Japan marks 10 years since it first reintroduced endangered crested ibises into the wild.
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