Imagine that one day, out of the blue, a friend or family member disappears and are taken abroad. For decades you and your ...

Japan’s decades-long struggle to resolve the abduction issue faces another setback as families oppose the government’s latest strategy of opening new liaison offices.

ver a hundred more households in northeastern Japan were told to evacuate on Saturday ... The Iwate Prefecture government issued a new order for 333 people from 141 homes to evacuate, adding ...

The military has been called in with helicopters to tackle a blaze which has forced the evacuation of numerous homes, involving up to 2,000 people.