The yen briefly weakened to the 150 range against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, its lowest level since early April, on ...

By Akihiko Tanaka, Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo From Aug. 20 to 22, the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TIC ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency on Thursday lifted the last remaining tsunami advisories issued after a magnitude 8.8 ...

Many commuters in the capital and neighboring prefectures were unable to return home until late at night on July 30 due to ...

A 6-year-old boy died after drowning in a pool at a sports club in the Tokyo suburban city of Koganei on July 28, sparking a ...

A child held by their mother is emaciated to the point where the shape of their spine is visible. The photograph capturing ...

The National Governors' Association in Japan has compiled proposals on accepting foreigners and realizing a multicultural ...

What should you do if a tsunami warning occurs while you are enjoying a swim at a beach in Japan? Officials are sharing crucial knowledge on ...

David Sun-Miyashiro was at home on the 31st floor of a Honolulu apartment building, high above danger, when his phone alerted ...

The yen briefly fell to a four-month low against the U.S. dollar in the upper 149 yen zone in Tokyo on Thursday after there ...

A Chinese movie on the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731 was not screened Thursday as scheduled, fueling ...

The statue is called Gajiro. To pay for a new Gajiro, the town started a crowdfunding campaign using Japan's "hometown tax" ...