Further cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been confirmed in commercial poultry in Japan and South Korea, as the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated last month that a “Taiwan contingency” could qualify as a “crisis affecting ...

TOKYO – The population of non-Japanese residents in 10 prefectures has more than doubled over the past decade, data compiled by Kyodo News showed on Nov 22, underscoring that foreigners are rapidly ...

Japan is not typically considered a winter tropical escape. The most familiar images of Japan in winter include the thatched-roof houses of Shirakawago, blanketed in snow, and the snow-dusted monkeys ...

Foreign workers are pictured preparing daikon radish for shipment in Urahoro, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 21, 2025.(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The population of non-Japanese residents in 10 ...

Fukuoka Airport's international terminal is crowded with tourists from China and other Asian countries, in Fukuoka's Hakata Ward on Nov. 17, 2025. (Mainichi/Masanori Hirakawa) FUKUOKA -- The Chinese ...

The Miyazaki prefectural government said Saturday that an outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed at a poultry farm in the city of Hyuga. About 48,000 chickens at the farm will be culled. This marked ...

Japan has issued a megaquake advisory after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture on the main island.

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn, who wrestles under the ring name Aonishiki, said Monday that he had surprised even himself by becoming the first from his country to win a tournament in the ...

KITA-KYUSHU--Once Japan’s most feared yakuza gang, Kudo-kai based here in Fukuoka Prefecture now exists mostly in name only. Its leader is in prison, the group’s ranks are depleted and those left are ...