Several factors contribute to the gradual sinking of the airport. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The governor of Wakayama, Japan, says the prefecture may once again bid for an integrated resort licence. A prior bid was ...

Choose from literary pursuits to visual arts over the coming weekend. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

From sleek urban retreats like Aman Tokyo to luxury resorts like Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono in Hokkaido, these are the 23 ...

After a decade in the making, director Takeshi Koike is wrapping up Lupin the IIIrd's fight against Mamo in The Immortal ...

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on ...

More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, keeping ...

Five paddlers completed a journey from Taiwan to Yonaguni Island, across some of the world's fastest oceanic currents, ...

The island lies 1,080km south of Tokyo but only has 9.44 square metres of land above water, and that is only because it has been raised with concrete blocks. Nevertheless, the atoll is Japan’s ...

Yuki Matsushita, 36, heads the island’s local administrative office and oversees the disaster response. “During the 2021 quake, it felt like the island had split in two,” she recalled.

More than 4,000 people on Monday filled an Okinawa park to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's final WWII battle.

In October last year, Hasebe jointly opened the island's only cafe, Manga Tei, with Masanori Baba, 50, who had been a company employee in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. According to a 2023 count by ...