The Michinoku Coastal Trail offers a way to see how tourism, landscape and memory intersect — and why this corridor matters now for residents and visitors alike. The MCT was conceived not as a ...

Ceremonies and memorials marked the 14th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, but the disaster has still not ...

Travis Japan's Chaka, Noel, and Machu talk about music, how they've grown so much, and how their Disney+ summer vacation ...

Scientists have identified a new species of man-o-war jellyfish in northern Japan, raising concerns that warming seas are expanding its range and risks to swimmers. At the same time, researchers warn ...

An event featuring the traditional summer festival Awa dance has been held in Tokushima City, southwestern Japan. The Awa Dance Festival typically takes place in Tokushima every summer. But Sunday's ...

Japan now has a special name for days that are 40C or hotter. ‘Kokushobi’ translates as cruelly hot, brutally hot or severely hot. The name won a public vote, with ‘chōmōshobi’, meaning super ...

SENDAI – An adult bear that appeared in a residential area in Sendai was destroyed under the country's emergency culling system Sunday. The bear, which was as tall as about 1.5 meters, stayed on the ...

The Japanese government has warned of a slightly heightened risk of a megaquake in the next week after a strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the country’s northeastern coast on Monday, ...

A wild bear has been captured in Sendai in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Miyagi. Police say a series of bear sightings had been reported in a residential area of the city since Friday. Local ...

Japan is hoping further US-Iran talks will ease tensions in the Middle East and help reopen the Strait of Hormuz permanently, but there is also mounting anxiety over what a failure could mean for the ...