At the back of the shrine’s sacred grounds is the grave of Itagaki Taisuke (1837–1919), a patriot from the Tosa clan in what is now Kōchi Prefecture who led the Freedom and People’s Rights ...

A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the warnings to ...

Tsunami warnings were issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, where the temblor was centered, in the southwestern island of Kyushu, ...

The "Orange Route," a U.S. military training flight path stretching over the mountainous regions of Wakayama, Tokushima, ...

Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

they also speak to the beauty of Japan’s diversity. Every prefecture is overflowing with distinct charm, from the neon glow of downtown Tokyo to the sand dunes of Tottori, and there will always be ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan late on Monday ... kilometres around 18 kilometres off the coast of Miyazaki prefecture in the Kyushi region around 21:19 pm (1219 GMT ...

It was once a thriving coal mining town with a population of over 100,000 people. But today, Yubari, located in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, is a ghost of its former self — with fewer than ...

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A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at 2:49 a.m. on Thursday. Officials say there is no threat of tsunami. An intensity of lower 5 on Japan's seismic ...