Japan formed its first centralized government during the Nara period (710–94) and adopted a legal system called ritsuryo, ...

Torrential downpours pummelled the city of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan, on Tuesday (July 15), following a typhoon that ...

Japanese weather officials say torrential rain could hit eastern and western parts of the country, especially along the ...

Japan is set to return to the deepest part of the world ocean with a new autonomous probe that will collect samples and also ...

Government officials, including former Deputy Minister of Social Affairs, Celebi Ilik, were found to have used fake diplomas ...

The mercury rose to dangerously high levels in Japan on Sunday, with weather authorities issuing heatstroke alerts in 19 ...

Ask a Japanese person which part of Japan they most associate with writer Lafcadio Hearn and they are likely to instantly respond: Matsue, a seaside town in Shimane Prefecture.