A 8.8 magnitude quake, followed by multiple aftershocks as strong as magnitude 6, appears to have reawakened long-dormant ...

Byer had a slot on Oha Suta, Japan’s most popular breakfast-time children’s show, presenting the “Tomsan’s Soccer Technics” feature daily. He joined the programme, born out of Pokemon, a few months ...

The Kesen Rock Festival, a music event held in the Kesen region of Iwate Prefecture, was held at Yumemi Park in Ofunato on ...

A massive 8.8 earthquake has struck near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami warnings across the Pacific. But ...

Did a 1999 manga prediction come true? Ryo Tatsuki, a relatively unknown manga artist until recently, found herself thrust ...

Tourist arrivals from Hong Kong to Japan fell by 33.4 per cent year-on-year in June. The rumour was widely circulated in Hong ...

SIX volcanoes are now erupting in the wake of last week’s 8.8 megaquake. A chain of volcanoes has been set off – with the ...

Taiwanese choreographer Huang Yi (黃翊) and his industrial robot “Kuka” debuted in Japan on Sunday with a human-machine dance ...