TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - Japan's exports rose for a sixth straight month in March, data showed on Thursday, as the threat of sweeping U.S. tariffs drove Japanese companies to ramp up shipments ...

Now ubiquitous in many of Japan’s 9,000 stations, the first eki stamp appeared in 1931 at Fukui station near the Sea of Japan coast, where stationmaster Kanichi Tominaga hit upon the idea of a ...

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Japan considers cash handouts to counter rising costs, U.S. tariffs Hyogo police compel girl, 12, to ‘confess’ to bogus sex acts Protests erupt over sale of CD with nude photos of singer Yashiro ...

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TOKYO -- Star Wars Celebration is underway in Tokyo, Japan, where over 100,000 people from 125 different countries have gathered to celebrate their love for "Star Wars." The celebration kicked off ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has a unique seismic scale called shindo that measures the degree of shaking in the event of an earthquake. This set of numbers — ranging from 0 to 7 — is ...

The yearly changes table looks at the last quarter's/month's index values for a given year and compares it with the same quarter/month of the previous year to gauge the change in house prices during ...

It resulted in a deadly tsunami that claimed over 230,000 lives. This magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck Japan on March 11, 2011. It caused severe damage, including a nuclear disaster at Fukushima. A 9.0 ...