Japan has gone to the polls in a Lower House election. Here's who won and lost in 11 key constituencies. Our site uses ...

Across religion, hospitality and the arts, the country’s oldest institutions show how craft and continuity can endure.

A male diver died Saturday after falling ill during a survey to search for the remains of victims of the 1942 underwater coal ...

Work on fire prevention measures have not started at 30 percent of the buildings in Japan that are designated UNESCO World Heritage site components or national treasures and are covered under a ...

A Taiwanese diver suffered a seizure and died on Saturday while taking part in a search for remains at the site of a 1942 undersea coal mine disaster in western Japan that killed 183 people, including ...

Japan's first female premier has called snap elections for Sunday. She seeks a mandate for what could be sweeping changes and ...

A memorial ceremony was held in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Saturday to mark the 1942 underwater coal mine disaster in the western Japan prefecture that left 183 people dead. The event took place ne ...

The municipal government of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, in collaboration with a local company, has developed a “rescue bike” designed to transport people in need of assistance during disasters. Sakai is ...

Heavy snowstorms have been a boon for Japan’s ski fields, but conditions have turned deadly across the country.

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

Japan will switch the world's largest nuclear power plant back on next week, after a glitch with an alarm forced the ...

Japan is set to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the world’s largest by potential capacity, after a brief ...