Unseasonably hot weather has covered wide areas in Japan, with temperatures rising 30 degrees Celsius or higher in ...

TOKYO - Shinkansen bullet train services in north-eastern Japan resumed on March 26 after a more than eight-hour stoppage ...

Shinkansen bullet train services in northeastern Japan were halted Wednesday morning due to the discovery of debris on an ...

In the wake of the rescue of two Japanese teens who had been lured into working for scam syndicates in Myanmar, concerns are ...

Memorial for independence fighter Former Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik (L) confers the Ahn Jung-geun Oriental Peace Award on ...

Tomu Fujinuma is believed to have been involved in a fraud group targeting Japanese nationals that was operating from a ...

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--Rising almost three stories high and snaking 3 kilometers along the coastline, a seawall fortress guarding the Ogatsu district here today restricts views of the sea.

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--This coastal city has been transformed, courtesy of a massive injection in government reconstruction spending following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that ...

Nakamura Miku left big city life to volunteer in the relief efforts following the Great Tohoku Earthquake of 2011, and the ...

Yuzuru Hanyu says the desire to support his native northeastern Japan in its recovery from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami ...

A monument was erected at the municipal office of Minamisanriku, a town in Miyagi Prefecture, on Sunday to commemorate officials who lost their lives in the massive tsunami 14 years ago.