For those who don’t mind cooler weather, now is one of the best times to discover Japan — without the usual crowd of tourists ...

Hokuriku Electric Power said on Monday that it will build a new 600 megawatt LNG-fired power generation unit at its Toyama ...

Three years have passed since a sightseeing boat sank off the coast of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. Twenty ...

The Nuclear Regulation Authority effectively endorsed on Wednesday the restart of a reactor at the sole nuclear power plant on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido, approving a draft report that ...

The Nuclear Regulation Authority has approved a draft report that concludes unit 3 of the Tomari nuclear power plant on Japan's northern Hokkaido island meets the new regulatory safety standards, a ...

Certain kinds of accommodation offer a window into the national soul. Step onto the flagstones of an ancient English inn, into the pine-panelled cosiness of an Alpine rifugio or beyond the gates ...

In the eight decades since, Tokyo and Moscow have failed to solve the thorny issue of Japan’s claim to the Northern Territories, also known in Russia as the Southern Kurils, which consist of ...

An annual cherry blossom festival has begun at a park in Japan's northeastern city of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture.

Merville Gardens Village is lined with cherry blossom trees and NI Japanese community celebrate the annual spring blooming.

The Japanese government is offering scholarships to qualified applicants from Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern ...