Two forest fires in northern Japan's Iwate Prefecture burned into a fourth day on Saturday as ground and aerial firefighting ...

Thousands evacuate in Japan as forest fires close in on homes - Fires have scorched more than 730 hectares since breaking out ...

Japan's Immigration Services Agency tightened pre-arrival screenings from April 1 for foreigners moving to the country on ...

After a controversial goal was awarded to Japan in the first half, the Socceroos scored 3 goals in the final minutes of play ...

MGA (outside Japan, Mrs. GREEN APPLE goes by MGA) stood out as the only Japanese act to appear on the IFPI's Global Artist ...

First built 1,300 years ago, Ise Jingu Shrine has just entered its rebuilding cycle, considered a once-in-a-generation ritual ...

This is how Japan wakes up. It's called Radio Taiso — Exercise Radio in English — a simple yet dynamic way to start the day. Japanese radio plays music every morning at 6:30 to accompany basic ...

The BRZ proves that a Subaru doesn’t need a turbocharger and all-wheel drive to be fun, and it’s competed in the Japanese ...

Japan's government plans to release additional volumes from its national oil reserves starting May 1, as part of efforts to stabilize energy supplies am ...

After taking the wrestling world by storm with WrestleMania 42, WWE has started letting stars go. The company began releasing ...

The number of bathhouses has already fallen to about a twelfth of its peak nearly 60 years ago. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

Survivors and families of the victims of a 2005 train derailment remembered Saturday the 107 lives lost in the accident in ...