Strengthening Cultural Ties as seen on The Travel Tour Expo 2026 Manila, Philippines — On the opening day of the PTAA Travel ...

Mirait One Co., Ltd. and Power of Forests and Water Co., Ltd. signed an agreement to jointly promote small-scale hydropower ...

Heavy snowfall claims 30 lives in Japan and threatens to disrupt impending election - Hundreds of people injured in ...

Age Of Takaichi Dawns With A Supermajority In Japan. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi led the Liberal Democratic Party to a ...

TOKYO >> More than 20,000 communities in Japan could be cut off from the rest of the country by a major disaster, according to research by The Yomiuri Shimbun.

Japan’s Tohoku region occupies the northeastern part of Honshu, comprising six prefectures—Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, ...

Wild boar roaming the forests around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant now carry domestic pig DNA, a genetic legacy of the chaos that followed the 2011 nuclear disaster. When residents ...

In March 2025, the government of Japan announced initial guidelines for how they plan to evacuate 110,000 residents and ...

NAGANO—Okinawa Prefecture once boasted the longest life expectancy in the country, but it has now dropped well out of the top 10. In fact, the life span of men in the nation’s southernmost prefecture ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a heavy snow alert for Tottori and Ishikawa prefectures, warning of rapid accumulation of snow in parts of the regions. The agency says a strong winter ...

As of Wednesday, 15 prefectures have been affected, with snow reaching up to 2 meters (6.5 feet) in worst-hit areas. The ...

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government has asked prefectures to lead efforts to secure hotels as shelters during large-scale disasters. Guidelines drawn up by the Cabinet Office call on ...