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

An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 was recorded in southwestern Japan, there is no threat of a tsunami. This was announced on ...

Central Japan's Yamanashi prefecture has ordered the evacuation of nearly 150 residents following the outbreak of a forest ...

Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. They called him “Show-Killer Kume.” When ...

Using data from the Japan Meteorological Agency, The Yomiuri Shimbun analysed the daily lowest temperatures between January 1 ...

Yuya Morishita is a high school student from Hiroshima Prefecture with a strong interest in peace education and international ...

The main idea, that it’s healthy to live in a community, is largely uncontested. “We know that social network is extremely important in improving longevity,” says Arjan Gjonça, a demographer at the ...

People fleeing by car caused traffic jams in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, after a tsunami warning was issued following a ...

Isao Yamazaki is still searching for the remains of his father and his father’s comrades, who died in battle during World War II on Tinian, a small island in the Northern Marianas.

The status of Taiwan remains one of the most contested topics in modern geopolitics and one of the most misrepresented.

On your next visit to Japan, skip Tokyo and Kyoto in favor of the less touristy region of Hokuriku, where ancient craft and ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi first proposed that South Korea and Japan jointly investigate remains believed to be ...