Evacuation orders that followed the earthquake off the Sanriku coast were all lifted by Tuesday morning. The evacuation ...

KANAZAWA — Ishikawa Prefecture’s Noto region could see the creation of “Rescue City,” a massive complex that would train ...

A body is carried down of a pyramid on a stretcher, as Mexican authorities work at the scene where a man shot dead a Canadian ...

South Korean police said Tuesday they are seeking to arrest music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, as they expand an investigation into allegations that he ...

With Tuesday marking half a year since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi came to power, she has been working to solidify her ...

When a disaster like an earthquake, storm or flood occurs, it often causes power failures as well. A powerful earthquake in Hokkaido in 2018, for example, blacked out almost the entire prefecture, ...

Due to concern that search engines using AI are scraping articles and other content by news organizations without permission, ...

Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defense export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms ...

Samurai Japan skipper Hirokazu Ibata, whose squad failed to get past the quarterfinal stage at this year’s World Baseball Classic, will step down with his contract to soon expire, Nippon Professional ...

A police officer was bitten by a bear on his face and right arm in a forest in Shiwa, Iwate Prefecture, at around 9:50 a.m. on Tuesday.

An explosion occurred inside a tank during firing exercises at the Ground Self-Defense Force’s Hijudai maneuver area in Oita Prefecture on Tuesday. Three personnel were killed and one injured, ...

The total length of sewer pipes in Japan that have been judged to require countermeasures due to risks such as cave-ins ...