An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 jolted Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday, but there was no danger of a tsunami and no immediate report of injuries or major damage.

Astronomers have discovered the largest planet outside our solar system orbiting two stars, at a distance that would make it potentially habitable for people, scientists announced Monday.

Japanese scientists who discovered the atomic element 113 plan to name it “nihonium,” the Riken institute said Wednesday.

The revised Act on Special Measures for Renewable Energy, which is for revising the feed-in tariff policy for renewable energy, passed through the plenary session of the House of Councilors last we

Japan will cut reliance on nuclear power when it releases an updated energy plan as early as next year, reflecting public opposition and a recognition that current policy is unrealistic, three sour

The Japan Meteorological Agency has announced its three-month forecast from the month of June until August.

Environment ministers and representatives from the Group of Seven countries began a two-day meeting Sunday, with host and chair Japan calling for “concrete action” to implement a landmark climate d

More than 1,000 seismic events had been recorded in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures by Thursday in the two weeks since a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck southwestern Japan, while over 30,000 people r

The Japanese government formally decided Tuesday to sign the Paris Agreement, a long-sought international framework negotiated with the aim of making efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions legall

Scores of people were feared buried alive Saturday after two powerful quakes hit Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu a day apart, killing at least 37 people, and as a forecast storm threatened more devas