Thailand’s pygmy hippo Moo Deng marked her first birthday on July 10, leaving behind the animal infancy which boosted her to ...

The weather system moving across the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday was showing a greater chance of becoming a tropical ...

A volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland has once again forced the evacuation of local residents and the internationally ...

Toilet maker TOTO Ltd. will begin selling on Aug. 1 a toilet equipped with a sensor that measures the color, hardness and ...

U.S. land managers are racing the clock as hotter, drier weather raises the risk of wildfires in the nation’s overgrown forests with each passing year.

The Aichi prefectural board of education fired a male teacher at a junior high school on Wednesday on disciplinary grounds ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...

Support for the export and overseas expansion of Japanese traditional crafts is included in a basic cocept for regional revitalization approved by the government last month.

The Environment Ministry announced on Tuesday that Lake Inawashiro, an important wintering ground for tundra swans in ...

Nissan Motor Co. announced its determination to carry out restructuring measures without exceptions — it will effectively close its Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, a symbol of its ...

The Liberal Democratic Party faces a tough battle in the upcoming House of Councillors election on Sunday, with the LDP and its junior coalition partner Komeito possibly unable to hold onto a majority ...

The key numbers in the upcoming House of Councillors election are 50 and 63. Early voting for the House of Councillors ...