Eighty-three years after a devastating flood in the Chosei coal mine in southern Japan claimed the lives of 183 miners, a lone cave diver is set to explore the mine’s murky depths, hoping to recover ...

A sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road just northeast of Tokyo and swallowed a truck has captured national attention as ...

Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for an end to the country's male-only imperial succession rule.

Spain's X-Elio has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Amazon for the entire output of its 14 MW Funaki ...

Japanese media are still failing to report sexual assault cases properly, a key figure in the country's nascent #MeToo ...

Escape the crowds and visit 3 of Japan’s lesser-known treasures: Taketomi Island’s beaches, Yamaguchi’s history and Nasu’s ...

Japan's government on Tuesday nominated Junko Koeda, an academic who had warned of the cost of prolonged monetary easing, to ...

By Makiko Yamazaki, Yoshifumi Takemoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -The Japanese government on Tuesday nominated Waseda ...

A local civic group will launch another survey later this week to locate the remains of 183 people left at an underwater coal ...

The Japanese network Fuji Television and its parent company said Monday that its president and chairperson were resigning ...

The Shimonoseki City Aquarium in Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture needed to undergo renovations, and temporarily closed to the public in December, 2024. Staff said the aquarium's sunfish lost his appetite ...

Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to ...