Japan's education ministry on July 29 urged local boards of education in areas affected by the major earthquake in Kumamoto ...

Shutdowns spread among semiconductor-related and other factories in Kumamoto Prefecture on Wednesday after a magnitude 7.1 ...

An anti-immigration demonstration drew hundreds of supporters and counterprotesters to the area around JR Osaka Station ...

A medical expert is urging residents displaced by a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan to take immediate precautions ...

Japan's National Council on Social Security, made up of the government plus ruling and opposition parties, has ended in a ...

A magnitude 7.1 quake that struck southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28 was reported in breaking news alerts by ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday the government has confirmed that 13 people died after a magnitude 7.1 ...

Two people were unresponsive, two others were seriously injured and seven remained missing at a Nippon Paper Industries Co.

A child attending a prefectural special needs school was left alone aboard a school bus for about 50 minutes in June, the ...

Aeon Mall Kumamoto is seen with large sections of its exterior wall and other parts collapsed by an explosion, in Kashima, ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 shook southwestern Japan on Tuesday, with tsunami advisories issued for the ...

Former Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya was appointed to lead a Japanese business group that promotes ties with China on ...