As Japan’s population ages, cities like Yubari have to choose between finding new ways to attract more residents or focusing ...

Like other parts of the world, right-wing populism and media-bashing politicians are rising in Japan, and last year police in the city of Kagoshima raided a small online media after it published ...

The fire, in a forested area of the coastal city of Ofunato, killed at least one person and prompted evacuation orders for thousands of residents. By Jin Yu Young and Hisako Ueno Hisako Ueno ...

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In the southern Japanese city of Fukuoka, on Kyushu, meanwhile, another waste product is being used to produce hydrogen – and here the dung is from humans. For more than a decade, hydrogen has ...

Ofunato City in northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture lifted the remaining evacuation orders for wildfire-affected areas on Monday, 12 days after the fires broke out. The move followed the city's ...

SENNAN, Osaka Prefecture--Yuma Yamamoto, 31, became the youngest city mayor in Japan after winning in a landslide here with 10,861 votes. His 80-year-old rival, Hiroaki Koyama, gained 2,744 ballots.

The Gunma Prefectural Police headquarters is seen in the city of Maebashi on July 6, 2023. (Mainichi/Ryotaro Nishimoto) MAEBASHI -- A 64-year-old man in this east Japan city was deceived out of ...

SUMMER? WILL THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD SISTER CITY PROGRAM IS LOOKING FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND A CHAPERON TO PARTICIPATE IN A THREE WEEK STUDENT EXCHANGE VISIT TO JAPAN. JOINING US THIS MORNING ...

From the lights of Tokyo, to nature on the Izu Peninsula and the pretty city of Kyoto, this 7-day Japan itinerary is the ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan — The van makes its way slowly but surely through the city streets, braking gently when a car swerves into its lane. But its steering wheel is turning on its own, and there’s n ...

This summer, Japan’s newest Gundam plastic model, or “Gunpla,” factory is set to open in the Naganuma district of the city’s Aoi Ward. With the Gundam franchise’s enormous popularity both in Japan and ...