In response to the Mie Prefectural Government's move to consider halting the hiring of foreign nationals, a human rights ...

Northern Japan faces a record surge in Asian black bear attacks, with Akita Prefecture hardest hit. Depopulation and neglected rural zones are pushing wildlife into neighborhoods, forcing emergency ...

In the northerly prefecture of Aomori, locals have a unique obsession with apples, which can be experienced in the region’s ...

The Japanese education ministry has urged the superintendents of education boards in prefectures and ordinance-designated ...

Multiple earthquakes struck western Japan on Tuesday, local time, centered in Shimane Prefecture and neighboring Tottori ...

With Japan preparing to restart a nuclear reactor, the world's largest, in the coastal prefecture of Niigata, a Newsweek map ...

With its laid-back seafaring culture and unique wildlife, the Yaeyama archipelago in Japan’s far southern Okinawa prefecture ...

On Coming of Age Day on Monday, a ceremony was held at the Hofu Tenmangu Shrine in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, during ...

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung will visit the western Japan prefecture of Nara for two days from Tuesday and hold a ...

TOKYO: Three strong earthquakes struck the eastern Shimane Prefecture, recording maximums of 4 to upper 5 on the Japanese ...

Bears continue to be spotted near people in Japan after the turn of the year, even though they are usually in hibernation at this time of the winter season. A slew of sightings, mainly in the Tohoku ...

China did not stipulate covered items, but experts believe the restrictions could affect rare earth minerals, a potential ...