The death of Pope Francis was mourned across Japan on Monday by those who had met him during his 2019 visit to the country, including survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings and 2011 ...

“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)--A strong earthquake jolted Nagano Prefecture in central Japan on Friday night, registering up to lower 5, the fifth-highest level on the 10-notch Japanese seismic ...

Many Japanese whose lives were profoundly touched by Pope Francis mourned the pontiff's passing on April 21 at the age of 88.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has published ... during and after an earthquake in Japan. If you’re on public transport: Follow the same guidelines outlined above — drop (away from the ...

When the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake struck in the mid-afternoon, train services in the Tokyo metropolitan area came to a halt for hours, with many lines not running until the next day.

A Japanese researcher says it is likely that an underground mountain beneath Tokyo Bay has been triggering frequent earthquakes in the Kanto region.

TOKYO, April 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5 struck Japan's Nagano Prefecture on Friday night, with no tsunami threat, according to the country's weather agency.

As Japan braces for looming threats like the Nankai Megathrust and a major Tokyo earthquake, this episode serves as both a warning and a call to action. The nation may not know when or where the ...

Japanese engineers yesterday began a difficult operation to remove a second sample of radioactive debris from inside the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. About 880 tonnes of hazardous ...

A 10-year-old boy in this western Japan city received the "family disaster preparedness special award" for fiscal 2024 in a certifi･･･ ...