Japanese space agency JAXA says it has successfully sent cargo back from space for the first time.
A capsule containing crystalized proteins returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Sunday morning Japan Time as scheduled. It splashed down in the Pacific Ocean and JAXA sent a ship to recover it.
Japan's first recovery capsule returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Sunday morning Japan time as scheduled.
Japanese space agency JAXA confirmed that it landed shortly after 7:00 AM in the Pacific Ocean near Minamitorishima in the Ogasawara Islands. The capsule will be recovered by ship.
In US Major League Baseball, Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels is making a steady recovery from last month's surgery on his pitching arm.
Japanese two-way baseball player Shohei Ohtani had Tommy John surgery in October to repair a torn ligament in his right elbow and is now undergoing rehabilitation.
City officials of Sapporo in quake-hit Hokkaido say it will take at least 3 months before recovery work can start in an area badly damaged by land liquefaction.
More than 10 buildings tilted and roads sank in the Satozuka district in the city's Kiyota Ward after the September 6th earthquake triggered widespread liquefaction.
Recovery efforts are ongoing in Hokkaido following last week's massive earthquake. Now, residents are coping with some of the coldest temperatures of the season.
It was about 5 degree Celsius on Tuesday morning.
High school students in western Japan are raising funds to help their city recover from devastating rain by selling their own products.
The city of Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture suffered torrential downpours in July.
Nissan has made an immediate $150,000 cash donation to the American Red Cross in support of Hurrican Harvey victims.
Yoshiki of X Japan underwent surgery for cervical artificial disc replacement on Tuesday (USA time), May 16th, 2017, at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. The operation was concluded successfully.
The explosive eruption of Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture in the early hours of Oct. 9, coming less than six months after the deadly Kumamoto Earthquake, has dealt yet another serious blow to local residents and tourism. 
Young people in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, have organized their own modest rock festivals. Most of the events will take place from later this month as part of the summer music festival scene. 
On a rural road at dusk, two men are patiently waiting in front of a tree for another man.
In a new survey, 19 of the 42 mayors in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, or 45 percent, said that recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident will take longer than predicted three years ago. 
A concert featuring a piano that survived the 2011 earthquake and tsunami has been held in Tokyo to garner support for the recovery of disaster-hit areas.
Just 33 percent of Fukushima Prefecture farmland hit by the tsunami following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake has been restored, compared to an average of 74 percent for all tsunami-hit areas, according to government figures released on March 1.