A government panel has revised its damage estimate for an anticipated mega-quake in the Nankai Trough off Japan's Pacific ...

Japan sees about an 80 per cent chance of a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake along a seabed zone known as the Nankai Trough.

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ...

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Japan 's official cherry blossom spotters on Monday confirmed the first blooming of the country's favorite flower, declaring ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) confirmed the first blooming of a cherry blossom on Monday, when the specimen tree of the Somei Yoshino at Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine had more than five blossoms ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were sharply lower on Monday, with Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 falling more than 4% after another wipeout slammed Wall Street. U.S. futures and oil prices were lower.

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday. U.S. Army Air ...

TOKYO -- Japan's average life expectancy reached 85.2 years in 2021, 5.8 years longer than about three decades before, but the period spent with health issues and prefectural disparities also grew ...

Japan has outlined a response plan for a potential major disaster if Mount Fuji erupts, despite no current signs of volcanic ...

TOKYO (AP) — Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents ...

The company analysed Google reviews across the world's 100 most populous cities ... which of these green spaces are visited most. Japan's cities dominate the rest of Asia's top 10 list, but ...