An Asian black bear injured a group of tourists before being shot dead by local hunters at a bus station in central Japan.

A Japanese adventurer has spent the last eight years on the road and visited 37 countries with the equivalent of just $2 in his pocket, relying on his bicycle for transport.

Too bad they don’t make shows like this anymore.

Robin van Persie, Wesley Sneijder and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar each scored to give the Netherlands a 3-0 victory against Japan in an international friendly.

A new air-conditioning system which stops bad smells from getting inside a car has been launched by Japanese automaker Nissan.

A Japanese TV show assembled a group of chefs and held a cucumber cutting battle. The objective was to see who could cut the most number of cucumber slices in three minutes.

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a pair of baseball-playing robots, a pitcher and a batter, whose performance puts the top Major League players to shame.

At least eight people died and nine others remain missing after torrential rains triggered floods and mudslides in southwestern Japan.

It’s been no secret that Sony had been planning to rollout a video download service for the Playstation Portable – without PC or PS3 support – and it’s gone out and delivered its promise in Japan.

A girl from Japan went completely nuts when she won a contest to visit the set of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” and interview the cast of the upcoming film.

A fish shop in Japan has some preserved bodies of aliens!