The Japanese government published Thursday an evacuation plan for the roughly 120,000 people on remote southwestern islands, ...

A welfare corporation opens Japan's second "baby hatch" at a Tokyo hospital for accepting babies in cases of unwanted ...

Ogasawara Genya was a retainer of the feudal Hosokawa clan that ruled what is now Kumamoto Prefecture ... in the Kyushu region against the Meiji government in 1877. But a Hosokawa clan retainer ...

Local governments in two Japanese prefectures ordered the evacuation of nearly 2,800 people Monday where wildfires continue ...

Shigeru Iwasaki remains an influential figure in Tokyo and his appointment is meant to strengthen political and military ties ...

The US, Japan, and Europe have deployed substantial government subsidies to entice ... Unlike TSMC, which Japan successfully lured to Kumamoto Prefecture, Rapidus lacks a proven track record.

The deployment was likely to begin at the end of March next year, the report said, citing Japanese government ... in Yufu in Oita prefecture and the city of Kumamoto being the two likely locations ...

Tokyo is reportedly considering deploying long-range missiles to Kyushu, a move analyst says could deny Chinese ships access to the Pacific.

The World Health Organization is looking to move Emergency Medical Teams into Myanmar amid reports of insufficient medical ...

A Tokyo hospital has begun services to accept unwanted newborns so people can drop them off anonymously, and to allow women ...