Viral rumors of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan’s tourism boom, with ...

The first instalment of this four-part series looks at some of the early figures who paved the way for marathon runners in ...

Campaigning officially started on July 3 for an Upper House election that could further upend the power structure in Japanese ...

Campaigning for Japan’s upper house election started Thursday, with unpopular Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba fighting to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit a remote island in southwestern Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Despite advances in tectonic science, earthquakes can’t be predicted. But perhaps there’s something to be said for keeping ...

A Japanese manga printed in the 1990s appears to have made another scarily accurate prediction. Just two days before the ...

July 3, marks the official start of campaigning for the House of Councillors election. Can the sense of stagnation in ...

Campaigning for the House of Councillors election began Thursday and will continue until the day before the polls open on July 20. Economic measures to counter prolonged high prices will be a key ...