From January through mid-November 2025, some 1,664,900 people visited the Kamikochi resort in the Northern Japan Alps in this ...

This farming town near Sapporo now boasts the highest population growth rate in Japan. Its aggressive policies to attract ...

Japanese football legend Kazuyoshi Miura said his passion for playing the game was as strong as ever after signing for a ...

Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, Japan has restarted 14 reactors of its plant that remain operable as it tries ...

Japan is lifting a megaquake advisory for the country’s northeastern coast, a week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off northern Japan that officials said had caused an increased risk of anothe ...

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa will be latest plant to restart 15 years after Fukushima disaster shut down country's nuclear energy.

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the government set up an emergency task force to urgently assess the extent of ...

Japan lifted a megaquake advisory for the country's northeastern coast Tuesday, one week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off northern Japan that officials said had caused an increased risk of ...

No reports of major injuries or structural damage have emerged, and authorities have not issued a tsunami warning.

The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon. The victim, a 26-year old man, has been positively identified as Kan Ogoshi of ...

Bear attacks have killed a record 13 people in Japan this year, prompting emergency measures that make it easier for local governments to authorise hunters to shoot bears in populated areas.

The Japanese government was still assessing damages from the tsunami and late-evening quake, which struck at about 11:15 p.m. (1415 GMT) in the Pacific Ocean around 80 kilometers (50 miles) off the ...