Everyone goes to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Why not try spots like the bustling port of Yokohama or the serene monasteries of ...

Two junior high school students from Japan on March 29 completed a roughly 1,000-kilometer cycling journey around Taiwan over ...

This explains the torrential rain that flooded in many parts of northern Kyushu in 2017 and further flooding from intense rainfall in western Japan in 2018, which both took place in early July ...

Not all anime takes place in fantasy worlds or dystopian futures. Some of the most memorable stories are rooted right here, ...

I had heard of “kitamaebune” ships on the Sea of Japan that headed north ... “Haya-bushi,” a Kyushu folk song, evolved into “Sado Okesa” in Niigata Prefecture and “Tsugaru-aiya ...

Aono was assigned the sailing number “2774” and competed in the Liberty Division for yachts with a motorized rudder. Aono won ...

This week's Nintendo Switch eShop roundup comprises a handful of SNES titles, along with some tunes for Nintendo's music app, ...

One of those troubled towns is Ureshino. Tucked away in the mountain range of the Saga Prefecture, on the western island of ...

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

The Meteorological Agency on Sunday raised the volcanic alert for Shinmoedake in the Kyushu region to Level 3 from Level 2. The agency warned that large volcanic rocks could reach areas within 4 ...