The weak yen is luring record numbers of visitors to Japan, and the tourism industry ... NHK World visited Shimoda City in Shizuoka Prefecture, a coastal city south of Tokyo, that is banking ...

MUNAKATA, Fukuoka Prefecture--Physical labor and traditional practices, long the hallmarks of coastal fishing operations in Japan, are falling by the wayside as the industry undergoes a sea change.

Kyle Card hikes along the 1,000km trail following the Pacific Coast in northern Japan, where he discovers local lifestyles, stunning nature, traces of the area's 2011 disaster, and resilient people.

which destroyed communities and limited rescue teams' access into affected areas Japan is planning to construct hospital ships that will be able to respond quickly to natural disasters in coastal ...

TOKYO (AFP): Japan issued a tsunami advisory for some coastal regions early Monday (Oct 9) following a series of shallow quakes in the Izu islands in the Pacific Ocean but it was later lifted ...

Japan has issued a major tsunami warning after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the central region. A series of earthquakes also struck nearby areas, with residents in several coastal prefectures ...

Kyocera’s 13.7 MW floating project at the Yamakura Dam was damaged by 120mph winds the typhoon brought to the coastal city of ... winds claimed another victim: Japan’s largest PV power plant ...

Japan is facing a rare and devastating wildfire that has taken the country by surprise, with the blaze continuing to ravage the north-eastern coastal city of Ofunato. As record-breaking snowfall ...