Most sunfish spend their days swimming slowly through the world’s oceans, feasting on jellyfish or soaking up the sun near the water’s surface. In the wild, these behemoth creatures—which can tip the ...

An aquarium in Japan closed Dec. 1 for renovation work, much to the apparent dismay of a lone sunfish. It missed people and stopped eating.

A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, and began banging into the side of the fish tank.

The creature appeared to rediscover its appetite after seeing some familiar images outside its aquarium tank during renovation work, keepers said.

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake rattled Japan, followed by tsunami advisories. Residents in the coastal city of Kochi were told to ...

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year.