TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nuclear deterrence should not be the "final form of security," a Japanese forum said Monday in its ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) did not include "complex disasters," a situation when nuclear accidents ...

Participants include experts from nuclear powers such as the United States, China and Russia, as well as from non-nuclear ...

Over 900 hectares have been destroyed in total in wildfires that began on Sunday in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western ...

Tokyo, March 30 ... special professor of emeritus at Prefectural University of Kumamoto. The participating experts will make their proposals to the Japanese government and the international ...

The wildfires burned through a cumulative 900ha, but no casualties have been reported. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Bitcoin-keen Japanese game developer Gumi has announced it will hold a $106,000 BTC lottery event for new shareholders.

The Hokkaido prefectural government has set a spring special alert period, from April 1 to May 31 this year, in the hope of ...

Experts blame hikers and skiers overestimating their abilities and underestimating harsh terrain and weather Japan's breathtaking, yet treacherous, mountains of Nagano Prefecture experienced an ...

CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police have an arrested a child consultation center employee in Ichikawa City over the illicit touching of a middle school girl’s body, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Mar.

The government’s timing in confirming a “situation where armed attacks are anticipated” around Japan, will be crucial for the ...

A scarcity of rice is causing discontent among farmers and consumers in Japan and drawing attention to a policy some say has ...