In a related development, a day after the tremor, the Japanese government released updated estimates concerning the potential impact of a major earthquake originating from the Nankai Trough. This ...

AOMORI, Japan – More and more foreign visitors have been getting lost, buried in avalanches and facing other trouble while skiing or snowboarding on mountains in Japan’s Aomori prefecture ...

Snow is being removed along a winter-closed section of the "Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line" National Route 103 that connects the ...

Japan's average life expectancy reached 85.2 years in 2021, 5.8 years longer than about three decades before, but the period ...

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The Aomori prefectural police and other authorities are urging tourists from Japan and abroad who visit local ski facilities to exercise greater caution when out on the mountains. Some ...

Discover five lesser-visited regions in a top-trending destination – they have the necessary tourist infrastructure, are ...

Cloudy with a high of 36 °F (2.2 °C) and a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds WSW at 12 mph (19.3 kph). Night - Partly cloudy with a 52% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 6 to 15 mph (9 ...

Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)--While 80 years have passed since the end of organized fighting on Ioto, widely known as Iwo ...

An excited buzz filled the swarming crowd in the shadow of darkness. Silence fell for a split second before the 18-metre main ...

More than a year on, Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Kondo, 59, remains the only female SDF officer holding any of the ...

Thanks to its spectacular attractions, unique customs and world-class hospitality, Japan sits atop many keen travellers’ ...