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

The operator of a cat cafe in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, announced on July 29 that 25 cats had been safely rescued from a ...

Kumamoto Prefecture has once again been struck by a major earthquake. Authorities must devote every effort to saving lives ...

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

A couple moved from Osaka Prefecture to Kudoyama in Wakayama Prefecture. Now they help the town in many ways. They work on a ...

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

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Power outages and scorching heat are compounding the struggles of residents after a powerful earthquake rocked southwestern ...

Although the deaths of foreign victims in the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 have long been documented, a museum in ...

Japan's former World No. 1 Naomi Osaka reached the quarterfinals of the DC Open for the first time, while compatriot and ...

The Japanese government on Thursday cut its economic growth outlook to 0.9 percent for the current fiscal year, which began ...

Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka was found to have abused his authority on multiple occasions to bully his subordinates and ...