Toko Koga has headed in two goals as Japan routed Philippines 7-0 to advance to the Women’s Asian Cup semifinals and secure a ...

A town in Japan has suspended plans to become a city after falling 311 residents short of the population threshold, ...

For decades, Kotoku Wamura was mocked for building an enormous floodgate in his village. But when a massive tsunami struck, his vision saved an entire town.

We’ve known for some time that Forza Horizon 6’s Japan is Playground Games’ largest and densest map to date. We’ve known, too, that Playground Games’ version of Tokyo City is set to be the biggest ...

Species documented in the Nankai Trough included 33 molluscs, 23 annelids, 11 arthropods, five ribbon worms, four echinoderms, three cnidarians, and one bryozoan — mollusks, worms, crustaceans, ...

According to the Tohoku region’s Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, kokeshi (koh-keh-shee) originated in the late Edo ...

Fifteen years after the 2011 nuclear disaster, color-coded radiation maps hang on the wall of Futabaya Ryokan, the family-run inn Tomoko Kobayashi operates in her near-deserted hometown in ...

Punch, the viral baby Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo, is winning hearts worldwide with his bright orange plush companion. Punch the baby macaque went viral for clinging to a plush toy Abandoned ...

Japan is buckling under the weight of overtourism, with international arrivals soaring from 3.8 million in 2022 to a record 42.7 million in 2025. In the country’s most recognisable cities – Osaka, ...

SAGAMIHARA, Japan — A U.S. soldier and an Army spouse recently teamed up to rescue a pajama-clad preschooler from a busy street near the headquarters of U.S. Army Japan. Sgt. Lindsey Ruiz of the 765th ...

Two actors from Silent Hill f revealed today that they have been appointed ambassadors of the real life location in Japan that inspired the survival horror game’s eerie setting. Takeshi Masago, who ...

JS Sogei, the sixth Taigei-class submarine, entered the water in a ceremony held at KHI’s shipyard in Kobe City, Japan, Oct. 14, 2025. The Taigei class are Japan’s newest diesel-electric submarines.