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 ...

A series of multinational drills including paratroopers from the Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Army and the British ...

A newborn baby was found dead in the snow in Shiogama last year, shocking the local community and prompting residents to ...

TOKYO – Asian black bear sightings in Japan from April to November 2025 totaled 47,038, marking the highest figure since ...

Asian black bear sightings in Japan from April to November 2025 totaled 47,038, marking the highest figure since comparable ...

Every spring, the park around Shiroishi Castle in Miyagi Prefecture becomes flush with pink as roughly 300 cherry trees come ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is slated to reactivate the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in central Japan as early as Jan. 20. This will mark the first time ...

A facility serving as a cafeteria and supermarket is supporting the livelihoods of people affected by a powerful earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in central Japan two years ago. Sumika ...

Emperor Naruhito, joined by Empress Masako and other imperial family members, greeted well-wishers from the balcony of the ...

Tokyo: A train collided with a car at a railway crossing on the JR Utsunomiya Line in Shiraoka City, Saitama Prefecture, on ...

TOKYO, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-eight people have fallen ill from mass food poisoning in the city of Sendai in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Miyagi, the city government said on Wednesday.

Celebrate the Year of the Horse by visiting Japan’s horse-linked shrines, temples and scenic spots where legends still live.