TV personality Mao Kobayashi, right, and Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo announce their engagement in January 2010.
Five workers were exposed to radiation on June 6 during an inspection at a nuclear energy research center here, including one with 22,000 becquerels of plutonium in his lungs, the facility’s operator said.
Official campaigning kicked off Oct. 11 for two Lower House by-elections that could determine whether the Abe administration can maintain its momentum and if opposition parties will continue their election cooperation.
Yoshinori Ohsumi, an honorary professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, is this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the field of cell repair.
Mount Sakurajima erupted early on July 26, belching out a massive column of smoke rising 5,000 meters in the air.
As Britain’s Iraq Inquiry Report turns the world’s attention to former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s decision to go to war, a Japanese citizens group is conducting its own Iraq inquiry in lieu of a government effort.
Rui Shimodaira spent her life helping others, but at the age of 27 it was cut short by the terrorist outrage in Bangladesh.
Strong anger poured out against Japan’s mainland as well as the Japanese and U.S. governments at a massive rally held here on June 19 to protest the slaying of a local woman.
Human flesh and hair have been discovered in the gut of a black bear shot and killed here.
Tens of thousands of anti-Abe government protesters held simultaneous demonstrations across Japan on June 5, demanding the abolishment of national security legislation and urging voters to support opposition parties in the Upper House election.
Hokkaido police believe psychological abuse may have been involved in the case of a missing boy found after six days in the mountains by himself, sources said June 5.
It might have taken one helluva beating, but there's life in the old donjon yet.The beloved keep of Kumamoto castle was lit up again at night on June 1 after being kept in the dark for almost six weeks.
Residents here were again reminded of the troubling presence of U.S. military bases when a 20-year-old local woman was found slain on May 19, the latest in more than 60 years of tragic incidents.
Last-minute arrangements are being made for a possible meeting in Hiroshima between U.S. President Barack Obama and hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) during his historic visit to the city in western Japan on May 27.
The arrest of an American civilian working at a U.S. military base in connection with the slaying of a woman in Okinawa has stirred up bitter memories of crimes committed by those with ties to the U.S. military.
Protesters staged a silent rally on May 22 in front of Camp Zukeran in Okinawa Prefecture to mourn the death of a 20-year-old local woman who was found slain last week.
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Kumamoto Prefecture on May 19 to encourage evacuees from the recent earthquakes.
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