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

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

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 ...

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 ...

A 28-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of obstructing business by deception for repeatedly making false ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito have lost momentum in nearly half of the constituencies ...

The ruling and opposition parties continue to jostle for position in the House of Councillors election in the 13 ...

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.