U.S. Army aviators and Japanese troops are participating in Nankai Rescue, a U.S.-Japan disaster drill that kicked off Monday ...

A strong earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has rattled southwestern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday that tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, ...

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.

A nearly 7.0 earthquake rocked southern Japan on Monday with no reports of damage to the two nuclear power plants in the area ...

A town in Nagasaki Prefecture’s Goto Islands in autumn last year set up a new section devoted to the area’s specialty noodles ...

Japanese macaques at a natural zoo on an island in western Japan's Kagawa Prefecture have been observed hugging each other, to the surpris ...

Japan transforms vacant houses into hotels as society shifts perceptions on akiya Japans evolving vacant house landscape ...

The most common way to enjoy Goto udon in Shinkamigoto is “jigoku-daki” (literally “hell boiling”), which involves taking the ...

Technology that preserves the freshness of fruit and vegetables in the blink of an eye is no longer in the realm of ...

The return rush of people who spent the year-end and New Year holidays in their hometowns and other travel destinations has begun, and shinka ...

Two landers owned by US and Japanese companies to carry out separate tests on the Moon's surface. The first minister delivers a rendition of Kimigayo, to welcome Ambassador Suzuki to Wales.

Sunny with a high of 55 °F (12.8 °C). Winds variable at 9 to 11 mph (14.5 to 17.7 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 37 °F (2.8 °C ...