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FUKUSHIMA AQUARIUM DISPLAYS BLOBFISH, DEEMED WORLD'S UGLIEST CREATURE
- Blobfish, a deep-sea blob sculpin fish dubbed the world's ugliest animal, has been put on display at an aquarium in Fukushima Prefecture... READ MORE›
IN MESSAGE TO NORTH KOREA, U.S. MILITARY SHOWS OFF MASSIVE SURVEILLANCE DRONE
In 2014 and 2015, Global Hawks were temporarily deployed at the U.S. military's Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture for similar reasons... READ MORE›
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SUPERCARRIER FORD TO JOIN NAVY FLEET IN SEPTEMBER
Hide Caption 23 of 29 29 photos U.S. aircraft carriers The Essex-class USS Franklin burns after being hit by a Japanese dive bomber in 1945... READ MORE›
THESE ARE THE AMAZING THINGS YOU CAN DO IN JAPAN ON CAT DAY
The event began in 1987 after an Executive Cat Day Committee polled cat-lovers across Japan and decided that February 22 should be Cat Day... READ MORE›
CHINA AND JAPAN IN ICE-BREAKER TALKS
Awkward Relations between China and Japan have long been soured by a row over islands in the East China Sea... READ MORE›
JAPAN HOLDS FIRST-EVER EVACUATION DRILL SIMULATING NORTH KOREAN MISSILE STRIKE INTO WATERS NEARBY
Amid a growing missile threat from North Korea, the northern city of Oga, Akita Prefecture, held Japan's first-ever evacuation drill for local residents, g... READ MORE›
7.8-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS ECUADOR - VIDEO
At least 77 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending terrified residents dashing from their homes... READ MORE›
JAPAN AVALANCHE KILLS SEVEN STUDENTS AND TEACHER
More than 40 injured after avalanche struck while students were climbing near Nasu Onsen ski resort north of Tokyo... READ MORE›
EIGHT SCHOOL CHILDREN FEARED DEAD IN JAPANESE AVALANCHE
The avalanche occurred early on Monday near Nasu in Tochigi prefecture, 120km 75 miles north of Tokyo... READ MORE›
1. ARE THE ECUADOR AND JAPAN EARTHQUAKES RELATED?
Here are five things to know about recent earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador... READ MORE›
250 000 JAPANESE STILL DISPLACED 4 YEARS AFTER QUAKE
2 COMMENTEMAILMORE IITATE, Japan When a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered a meltdown at the nearby Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, Yumi Kanno did not hesitate... READ MORE›
MOUNT FUJI GETS FREE WI-FI IN BID TO DRAW MORE VISITORS
The initiative is aimed at attracting more overseas visitors to Shizuoka and Yamanashi the two prefectures that are home to Mount Fuji... READ MORE›
PARROT PICKS JAPAN TO DEFEAT U.S. IN WOMEN'S WORLD CUP FINAL
She was on the money in predicting Japan would beat Switzerland, Cameroon, Ecuador, Netherlands, Australia and England in Canada... READ MORE›
HUSBAND PLANTS THOUSANDS OF FLOWERS FOR TWO YEARS TO MAKE HIS BLIND WIFE SMILE AGAIN
Japan may be famous for its cherry blossom at this time of year, but in Miyazaki Prefecture people flock to see a different floral spectacle... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO RESIDENTS PICK UP THE PIECES FOLLOWING KYUSHU'S STRONGEST QUAKE
It was just like the Great Hanshin Earthquake or the Great East Japan Earthquake... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES AS SECOND MASSIVE QUAKE HITS JAPAN
The earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture for a second time following a 6.4 earthquake on April 14, 2016, that killed nine people... READ MORE›
JAPANESE SUSHI CHAIN PAYS $117,000 FOR A TUNA. YES, ONE TUNA.
Sushi Zanmai, a Japanese restaurant chain, just paid 117,000 for a 441-pound bluefin tuna... READ MORE›
PHOTOGRAPHER S INCREDIBLE SELFIE FROM BURJ KHALIFA SHOWS WORLD AT HIS FEET
China only says some things, but does a lot." What Mr. Xi did say in Australia, though, was intended as reassurance backed by resolve... READ MORE›
AOMORI, NOT KYOTO, IS JAPAN'S TOP FESTIVAL DESTINATION
Aomori, not Kyoto, is Japan's top festival destination online survey... READ MORE›
TAXI DRIVERS SEE 'GHOSTS' AFTER TSUNAMI
Post to Facebook Taxi drivers see 'ghosts' after tsunami Many swear they had eerie encounters... READ MORE›
FUKUSHIMA AFTERSHOCK RENEWS PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT RESTARTING KANSAI'S AGING NUCLEAR REACTORS
Kyoto lies about 60 km and Osaka about 110 km from the old Fukui plants... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO QUAKE INFO: WHERE TO GO, HOW TO HELP
Starting with a magnitude-6.5 quake on April 14, a series of major earthquakes have hit the central Kumamoto area of Japan, causing deaths, injury and wide... READ MORE›
DEADLY KNIFE ATTACK STRIKES HEALTH FACILITY IN JAPAN
Police in Sagamihara, in Kanagawa prefecture, have arrested a suspect, local news outlet Kyodo reported... READ MORE›
U.S.-PHILIPPINES CEMENT MILITARY ALLIANCE
China claims the whole of the South China Sea as its territory... READ MORE›
PHOTOGRAPHER S INCREDIBLE SELFIE FROM BURJ KHALIFA SHOWS WORLD AT HIS FEET
China only says some things, but does a lot." What Mr. Xi did say in Australia, though, was intended as reassurance backed by resolve... READ MORE›
PHOTOGRAPHER S INCREDIBLE SELFIE FROM BURJ KHALIFA SHOWS WORLD AT HIS FEET
China only says some things, but does a lot." What Mr. Xi did say in Australia, though, was intended as reassurance backed by resolve... READ MORE›
WORLD'S OLDEST MAN DIES IN JAPAN AT 112
The world's oldest man, Yasutaro Koide, died Tuesday at the age of 112 in Aichi Prefecture, a local official said... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA DEFIES U.N. BY FIRING LONG-RANGE ROCKET OVER OKINAWA
The big story is that earlier this week Abe said that if North Korea launch the rocket Japan would shoot it down... READ MORE›
MOMENT AN ENTIRE HOUSE IS SWEPT AWAY AS FLOODING HITS JAPAN
This is the terrifying moment an entire house was carried away by floodwater in japan caused by tropical storm etau... READ MORE›
COUNTDOWN TO HIROSHIMA: THE BOMB THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
1,560 miles north of Tinian is the Japanese city of Hiroshima... READ MORE›
EARTHQUAKE STRIKES ISLAND IN JAPAN KILLING AT LEAST 9
The earthquake knocked an out-of-service Shinkansen bullet train off its rails, JR Kyushu Railway reported... READ MORE›
DESPITE ASSURANCES, QUAKES PROMPT CALLS TO SWITCH OFF JAPAN'S NUCLEAR REACTORS
Calls in and outside of Japan are growing to shut down the nations' only two operating reactors at the Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture... READ MORE›