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

Serious misconduct carried out by a financial institution that plays a key role in a regional economy is unacceptable. Iwaki Shinkumi, a credit cooperative based in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and ...

Japan launches worlds first underwater earthquake early warning system with 6,000 km of fiber optics Japan unveils pioneering fiber optic network for seismic safety and disaster preparedness ...

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

Fumi Takahashi was 15 years old when she experienced the U.S. aerial bombing of the Yokosuka military port in Kanagawa ...

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 ...

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

School principal Yoshiro Tobo is one of the few people left on his remote Japanese island, where the earth is constantly ...

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

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

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 ...