An exhibition in Japan explores the country's history with dangerous unidentified animals.
Days before the March earthquake in Japan the atomsphere above the epicentre heated rapidly.
A new craze in Japan is seeing people don furry cat ears that change based on what you are thinking.
Japanese students have invented a device that can be used to communicate a kiss over the internet.
Burger King have launched a massive new gut-wrenching burger called the 'Meat Monster' in Japan.
Seismologists discover evidence of a similar tsunami that hit Sendai in 869 AD.
Japanese turn to Buddhist and Shinto traditions for strength after the earthquake and tsunami.
Scientists in Japan have identified two large holes in the sun's magnetic field via the Hinode satellite.
A man wanted for murder in Japan performed plastic surgery on his own face to conceal his identity.
A new trend in Japan is seeing thousands don a set of glowing LED teeth for a peculiar glowing smile.
A species of salmon in Japan thought to be extinct has turned up again in a lake near Mount Fuji.
Japan's Akatsuki probe has failed to enter orbit around Venus and will have to wait 6 years to try again.
A Japanese aquarium has taken to powering its Christmas tree lights using electric eels.
In an effort to produce sweeter produce a company in Japan has been playing Mozart to its bananas.
Hatsune Miku is the newest singing sensation in Japan - thing is, she's also a hologram.
Japan's Hayabusa space probe has picked up particles that could contain alien life.
Scientists in Japan are to unveil a new robot from Panasonic that can wash and dry people's hair.
A man who kept his mother's remains in a backpack is just one of a number of similar cases in Japan.
A successor to Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft could launch as early as 2014 to explore the origins of life.
Japanese robot inventor Hiroshi Ishiguro has developed a particularly creepy robot called the Telenoid R1.