Dolphin batters Okinawa
Typhoon Dolphin lashed Okinawa prefecture, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings, while China shut ports and halted ferries ahead of the storm's expected arrival on its east coast.
Kyoto’s ancient ritual on wheels
Floats honour gods through centuries-old traditions.
Airport shut as Typhoon Dolphin descends
Typhoon Dolphin moved over Japan's southern remote islands causing a main airport on Okinawa to close and grounding all flights in and out of the island, while sending hundreds of people to take shelter at evacuation centres.
Hiroshima’s warning echoes 81 years on
Hiroshima marked the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with its mayor criticising major powers for waging wars and urging them to stop justifying the possession of nuclear weapons as a method of deterrence.
Three lions die of suspected heatstroke
Three lions from a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke and others are under treatment, a spokeswoman said, with the big cats struggling with high levels of humidity
Heat hinders quake clean-up
Residents in the quake-hit southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto put out heaps of debris for collection as the region baked under intense heat.
Heat stroke claims quake survivor
An elderly woman who developed heat stroke while taking shelter in a car is the latest fatality from a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto last week, officials said as concerns over heat-related illnesses grow in an area that is also suffering extreme temperatures.
Rescuers again search damaged mall
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan rose to 34, the Kumamoto prefectural government said, as rescuers raced in last-ditch efforts to find survivors after the quake triggered a mall explosion, toppled a factory chimney, and flattened homes across the region.
Cat cafe felines rescued from quake-hit mall
Twenty-five cats stuck inside a shopping mall in Japan gutted in an explosion after a major earthquake have been rescued, the operator said, triggering huge relief on social media
Heat deepens quake misery
The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Japan toppled houses and split open streets in the small city of Yatsushiro, but there was mounting concern about invisible threats from the lack of water and power amid the punishing summer heat.
