After Japan’s first execution of a prisoner in almost three years, the European Union and other countries responded with a ...

The central government has designated 723 municipalities in 30 prefectures for ramping up disaster mitigation measures based ...

Suffering from steadily shrinking hauls, fishing communities around Japan are targeting something that is much more in ...

A relentless series of earthquakes has shaken Akusekijima island here in the remote Tokara island chain, causing sleepless ...

A drone-based tsunami detection is taking shape along this famed surfing coastline to ensure a speedy evacuation of ...

BANGKOK--Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office pending an investigation ...

Masanori Kin ran for a seat in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly on a policy of eliminating discrimination and promoting ...

Seeking relief from the brutal heat, I wandered into a botanical garden and found a cluster of “hangesho” (Chinese lizard's ...

Japan’s average land price rose for the fourth consecutive year, with hubs for foreign tourists logging some of the sharpest ...

Police in Tokyo are waging a charm offensive to stop foreign nationals falling victim to elaborate fraud scams as well as ...

A leading sake brewer has produced the traditional Japanese beverage using only foreign-harvested rice in time for the Osaka ...

Tokyo police are warning residents not to be taken in by fraudsters posing as police officers after a dramatic surge in cases ...