The measures will bring the area in line with other parts of Japan that are proactively trying to retain residents.

A team of researchers in France are building on fundamental experimental research undertaken in the Ukrainian Chornobyl ...

Children and their guardians came to school in cars and buses in a town of the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido in the wake of a fatal bear attack.

Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, issued a brown bear warning Saturday following a fatal attack on a newspaper ...

Emperor Naruhito delivered a keynote speech via video at the Seventh Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters held at ...

The alert comes after the death of a newspaper deliveryman, whose body had claw marks and bites. Read more at ...

S/ Reporter/ What appears to be the marks of the man being dragged clearly remains on the residential premises here and ...

It is on display at two independent bookstores in Pingtung County — Akauw Books (繫。本屋) and Yong Sheng No. 5 (永勝5號) — a ...

Authorities have evacuated dozens of people from remote islands in southern Japan that have been shaken by over 1,700 tremors ...

Amid these rising pressures, many ordinary citizens continue to push back. Their message is clear: invest in people, not war.

On the question of food, Aomori is usually renowned for its Fuji apples. In the depths of winter, though, it’s hard not to ...

Fukushima nuclear power plant: a disabled nuclear plant in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture. The plant suffered major damage from an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.