The logo of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East ... According to the weather agency, wind speeds of up to 126 kilometers per hour were observed in parts of Miyagi Prefecture at 10:09 a.m. on Wednesday ...

The logo of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) is seen in this file photo. (Mainichi) TOKYO -- Trouble between a passenger and a conductor aboard a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line in ...

Deterrence and diplomacy are central to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s approach to Japan’s China policy ... Rumi Aoyama is Professor in the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies and Director of the ...

TOKYO - In the foothills of Mount Asama, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, jagged lava formations dot the landscape – remnants of a 1783 eruption that swallowed villages and permanently ...

NAGOYA, Japan -- Toyota Motor has postponed the construction of a battery plant in southwestern Japan, as the world's top automaker reassesses its strategy in the face of slowing global demand for ...

TOKYO -- Japan's global ranking in gross domestic product per capita is on track to drop from 29th last year to 45th in 2075, according to the Japan Center for Economic Research, which says that ...

TOKYO – There were no promises that trilateral foreign ministerial talks between China, Japan and South Korea ... strengthen cooperation with South-east Asia, on the basis of Asean centrality ...

The church obtained legal status as a religious organization in Japan in 1968 amid an anti-communist movement supported by Abe’s grandfather, former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.

The president of NTT East signed a business partnership agreement with SURGE, the holding company of an Indonesian telecom infrastructure provider, in Jakarta on Friday. NTT East plans to acquire ...

A recent study has uncovered an alarming geological phenomenon in the Arctic: the emergence of 35 new islands and more than 2,500 kilometers ... in the Arctic’s geography but also the looming ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...