Pandas have fueled the Japanese town of Shirahama’s tourism industry for decades. But the town’s zoo has to send its last four bears to China ahead of an expiring lease, plunging the future of Japan’s ...

A small, old castle was found in the mountains of Hyogo Prefecture in March. Researchers found the castle using artificial ...

This map shows the locations of Japan's 17 major nuclear power plants in relation to this most recent earthquake. ... The Nankai Trough region has a history of powerful and deadly earthquakes.

Map: 6.8-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Japan By William B. Davis , Madison Dong , Judson Jones , John Keefe and Bea Malsky Updated Jan. 14, 2025 at 12:34 p.m. E.T.

An earthquake struck the Noto peninsula at around 4:10 p.m., local time, and had a magnitude of 7.6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. According to the ...

The lost history of Japanese Americans in Five Points is the subject of a new map and tour “Stories of Solidarity” looks to recapture that history before it disappears ...

Journey to Japan’s lesser-visited mountainous region, home to many distinctive traditional inns, within whose walls you can catch echoes of travellers past. An inside guide to Tohoku—Japan’s ...

While many other urban centers have built over their past in the rush to modernize, Yokohama has gone to great lengths to preserve its history as the port that opened Japan up to the outside world ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, right, is greeted by Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, left, as he boards a train at ...

TOKYO -- Leading Japanese steelmakers have unveiled a detailed timeline through fiscal 2030 for developing technology that can make high-quality steel using hydrogen and electric furnaces that do ...

Japan arrived at the Women's World Cup with a mission to put Nadeshiko football back on the global map and coach Futoshi Ikeda felt they had done so despite Friday's quarter-final exit at the ...

Today’s water challenges call for cooperation and the exchange of knowledge and expertise. The Dutch water sector invites you ...