Portraits of 6-year-olds who died in the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami were presented to their families on Jan. 12, ...

The Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami not only sped the population decline in many municipalities in the northwestern prefectures of Miyagi and Iwate, it sparked population growth in Sendai ...

One day after Roki Sasaki's camp informed teams they were no longer candidates to sign the star pitcher, the Dodgers will ...

The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) is returning once again to Philippine theaters this February 2025. Rolling into cinemas in ...

Production of heso daikon radish, a local specialty, was at its peak in Marumori, Miyagi Prefecture in late December.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has a unique ... The shindo readings ranged from 7 in part of Miyagi Prefecture and upper 5 in parts of Tokyo to a barely perceptible 1 in Kyushu.

Toyota Motor Corp. has plans to start reorganizing its domestic production system in 2030, it has been learned.

The largest festival of its kind in Japan, the Dontosai Festival, held at Osaki Hachimangu Shrine in Miyagi Prefecture, is a ...

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

The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that on Monday, January 13, at around 21:19 JST, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Hyuga-nada Sea off the coast of Kyushu Island, Japan, at a depth of 18.6 ...

On the other hand, with Osaka being the biggest city in the west of Japan, comparisons are often made between Osaka and Tokyo prefectures in the national spotlight, and 36 percent of Osakans feel that ...

Tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, where the quake was centered, in the southwestern island of Kyushu, as well as nearby Kochi.