SHINKAMIGOTO, Japan >> A town in Nagasaki prefecture’s Goto Islands last year set up a government department devoted to the area’s specialty noodles, Goto udon.

A 'ghost' island that suddenly appeared in the Caspian Sea in early 2023 is playing a centuries-long game of peekaboo with scientists, and it's about to vanish once again – if it hasn't already ...

Atomic bomb survivors and others have gathered in southwestern Japan's Nagasaki City and urged the government to take part in the United Nations treaty banning nuclear weapons. About 120 people ...

The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki want the Japanese government to attend an upcoming meeting about the United Nations treaty banning nuclear weapons as an observer. Hiroshima City Mayor Matsui ...

“It’s not a stone, it’s a piece of tile from a roof in Nagasaki. In three seconds, it turned into this. Imagine the effect that the nuclear explosion had on human beings,” explains this 84-year-old ...

A series of images from NASA's Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 satellites have captured the island's appearance in the sea and its near-complete disappearance by the end of the following year. Satellite ...

Eagle-eyed geologist Mark Tingay recently noticed the emergence of a ‘ghost island’ in November of 2024, caused by a submarine mud volcano called Kumani Bank. Satellites show that the island ...

How to watch 'An t-Eilean/The Island' online and on-demand in the U.K. If you live in the U.K. then you can stream "An t-Eilean/The Island" on BBC iPlayer from Tuesday, January 14 . You'll need a ...