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.

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

Surrounded by the vast Pacific Ocean, Japan’s Ise-Shima region is a place where ancient traditions, spirituality and the great outdoors collide.

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 ...

Fraudsters, often posing as police officers, are increasingly targeting elderly people by persuading them to provide gold ...

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 ...

The Mitsubishi Chemical Group (MCG; Tokyo) has announced two capacity expansions at its production sites in Japan in response to growing demand for ...

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 ...