Bullet train services on a route between Tokyo and northeastern Japan were suspended Tuesday while an inspection was carried ...

Bookings for the April and May spring holidays in Japan dropped by half from the previous year, according to a Hong Kong ...

Donald Keene's journey tracing the footsteps of haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) in Basho's masterpiece "Oku no Hosomichi, ...

After her prediction about the 2011 earthquake came true, Ryo Tatsuki became extremely popular in Japan. It is said about her ...

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)--Many areas of Japan, including prefectures and cities, are eager to host regional branches of ...

Hanshin Tigers third baseman Teruaki Sato (26) is running toward the home run king with a scary speed. He hit 18 home runs in ...

The “Great East Japan Earthquake” happened on March 11, 2011. I was supposed to go on my maiden trip to Tokyo the following ...

A former wedding ceremony hall, "Takano Kaikan," front, ruined by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami is seen in Minamisanriku, ...

Authorities in Miyagi have arrested two Malaysian nationals over the alleged smuggling of nearly 10 kilograms of ...

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki’s rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

It can take more than a year to make a single razor-sharp katana. In Japan, business is booming for the few remaining smiths ...