The Japanese government has warned of a slightly heightened risk of a megaquake in the next week after a strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the country’s northeastern coast on Monday, ...

China criticised Japan for sending a warship through the Taiwan Strait on Friday, just days after Tokyo announced its troops would join a major US-Philippine military drill for the first time. Foreign ...

The evolution of Sino-Japanese relations has rarely followed a linear path – but it has always remained within clear guardrails, even during times of tension. Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae ...

TOKYO, April 10 (Reuters) - Japan plans to release 20 days' ‌worth of oil reserves from May, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told a cabinet meeting on Friday, to ensure stable domestic supply while ...

If you are visiting Japan this year, you should consider budgeting a bit extra for your trip. Despite the yen remaining low, the country has introduced new tourist taxes and price hikes that will ...

Japan has unveiled a new name for days that reach 40C (104F) or above, after the country experienced its hottest summer on record last year. The term - kokushobi - has been translated as "cruelly hot" ...

The remarkable catalog of dates is one of the longest-running records of climate change. Its creator died, setting off a search for a successor. By Hiroko Tabuchi For more than 1,200 years, Japanese ...

Tsunami advisories have been issued in portions of northeastern Japan after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast on Monday, April 20 as authorities urged residents to stay away from coastal ...

In a major breakthrough for Japan’s defense industry, Tokyo on Saturday reached a landmark agreement with Canberra to supply the first three of a planned fleet of 11 upgraded Mogami-class frigates to ...

Japan’s most active volcano erupted on Saturday afternoon, sending an ash plume 3.4km into the sky, grounding flights and blanketing the surrounding city of Kagoshima in debris. It was Sakurajima’s ...

The transport ministry said Tuesday that tighter portable charger restrictions on flights will be introduced on April 24, following a string of incidents involving such devices. Under the new rules, ...

Japan just pulled out the sharpest blade it’s got in the drawer — $1.13 trillion in US Treasury bonds. That’s what Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato waved in America’s face on Friday, right on national ...