Many of Tohoku University’s facilities are built around and within the ancient war grounds of the city of Sendai. In 1913, Tohoku became the first university in Japan to admit female students. Tohoku ...

Fascinatingly, this is also the final resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate known for reunifying Japan. History isn’t all that you can find in ... See a close-up ...

A rapidly intensifying low-pressure system was unleashing heavy snow and strong winds across much of Japan, stretching from northern to western regions, with central Tokyo expected to see up to 1 ...

The spiciest ramen is served in a black bowl. Japan’s favorite comfort food comes in various guises. Some ramen aficionados give top rank to Hakata ramen in Fukuoka for its combination of pork ...

This is the dramatic moment a woman leaped to the rescue and saved a man from drowning in a waterfall. Farah Putri Mulyani, 39, was swimming at Diyaluma Falls in Sri Lanka on February 4 when ...

What should Japan do to reinvigorate itself and show its presence once again on the world stage? This is the first installment of a series that follows the waves of change taking place in Kyushu and ...

Kumamoto Prefectural Police have sent papers to prosecutors on two police officers ... We offer our deepest apologies to the victims and the people of the prefecture." Help us improve health care in ...

A new study recently found that 63 million people travel to and within Japan to witness the breathtaking spectacle of cherry ...

KUMAMOTO--The city government will delete wording defining foreign nationals from a proposed ordinance revision after a public outcry. Officials feel it created a misunderstanding among the ...

KUMAMOTO--Jikei Hospital here announced on May 11 that it had overseen Japan’s second confidential birth, which allows a baby to be registered without disclosing the mother's name. A woman who ...