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JAPAN TO NOMINATE ANCIENT TOMBS IN OSAKA FOR WORLD HERITAGE LIST
The government on Friday decided to nominate ancient tumulus clusters in Osaka Prefecture as a UNESCO World Heritage site candidate for 2019... READ MORE›
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THESE ARE THE AMAZING THINGS YOU CAN DO IN JAPAN ON CAT DAY
The event began in 1987 after an Executive Cat Day Committee polled cat-lovers across Japan and decided that February 22 should be Cat Day... READ MORE›
SAKURAJIMA VOLCANO: CHANCE OF LARGE ERUPTION 'EXTREMELY HIGH'
Japan raises eruption warning for southern volcano to second-highest level and tells thousands of residents to prepare for a possible evacuation... READ MORE›
MOUNT FUJI GETS FREE WI-FI IN BID TO DRAW MORE VISITORS
The initiative is aimed at attracting more overseas visitors to Shizuoka and Yamanashi the two prefectures that are home to Mount Fuji... READ MORE›
MORE POWERFUL MAGNITUDE-7.3 QUAKE ROCKS KUMAMOTO, KILLS DOZENS
Another strong earthquake rocked Kumamoto Prefecture early Saturday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds more, bringing the combined death toll since Thursday to at least 41... READ MORE›
PARROT PICKS JAPAN TO DEFEAT U.S. IN WOMEN'S WORLD CUP FINAL
She was on the money in predicting Japan would beat Switzerland, Cameroon, Ecuador, Netherlands, Australia and England in Canada... READ MORE›
HUSBAND PLANTS THOUSANDS OF FLOWERS FOR TWO YEARS TO MAKE HIS BLIND WIFE SMILE AGAIN
Japan may be famous for its cherry blossom at this time of year, but in Miyazaki Prefecture people flock to see a different floral spectacle... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO RESIDENTS PICK UP THE PIECES FOLLOWING KYUSHU'S STRONGEST QUAKE
It was just like the Great Hanshin Earthquake or the Great East Japan Earthquake... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES AS SECOND MASSIVE QUAKE HITS JAPAN
The earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture for a second time following a 6.4 earthquake on April 14, 2016, that killed nine people... READ MORE›
JAPANESE SUSHI CHAIN PAYS $117,000 FOR A TUNA. YES, ONE TUNA.
Sushi Zanmai, a Japanese restaurant chain, just paid 117,000 for a 441-pound bluefin tuna... READ MORE›
AOMORI, NOT KYOTO, IS JAPAN'S TOP FESTIVAL DESTINATION
Aomori, not Kyoto, is Japan's top festival destination online survey... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO QUAKE INFO: WHERE TO GO, HOW TO HELP
Starting with a magnitude-6.5 quake on April 14, a series of major earthquakes have hit the central Kumamoto area of Japan, causing deaths, injury and wide... READ MORE›
WORLD'S OLDEST MAN DIES IN JAPAN AT 112
The world's oldest man, Yasutaro Koide, died Tuesday at the age of 112 in Aichi Prefecture, a local official said... READ MORE›
MOMENT AN ENTIRE HOUSE IS SWEPT AWAY AS FLOODING HITS JAPAN
This is the terrifying moment an entire house was carried away by floodwater in japan caused by tropical storm etau... READ MORE›
EARTHQUAKE STRIKES ISLAND IN JAPAN KILLING AT LEAST 9
The earthquake knocked an out-of-service Shinkansen bullet train off its rails, JR Kyushu Railway reported... READ MORE›
DESPITE ASSURANCES, QUAKES PROMPT CALLS TO SWITCH OFF JAPAN'S NUCLEAR REACTORS
Calls in and outside of Japan are growing to shut down the nations' only two operating reactors at the Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture... READ MORE›
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: THE KUMAMOTO EARTHQUAKES
Here are some questions and answers on seismic activity in Japan What type of earthquakes struck Kumamoto?... READ MORE›
JAPAN QUAKES KILL AT LEAST 32, RESCUERS RUSH TO FREE TRAPPED
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that 1,500 people had been injured in the quakes... READ MORE›
JAPAN QUAKE LEAVES DOZENS INJURED AT POPULAR SKI RESORT
NewSearch Sunday 23 November 2014 Japan quake leaves dozens injured at popular ski resort Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 6... READ MORE›
JAPAN EVACUATES 100,000 AS FLOODS SWAMP CITY OF JOSO
Raging floodwaters swamp parts of city north of tokyo after heavy rain pummels japan for second straight day causing kinugawa river to break through flood berm... READ MORE›
FIVE YEARS AFTER DEVASTATING TSUNAMI, JAPAN PAUSES TO REMEMBER
Flags flew at half-mast. The coverage in the Japanese media has been tear-jerking... READ MORE›
EARTHQUAKE HITS JAPAN, KNOCKING OVER HOUSES, POSSIBLY TRAPPING RESIDENTS
Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital said it has admitted or treated 45 people, including five with serious injuries... READ MORE›
JAPAN EARTHQUAKES: THOUSANDS OF TROOPS POUR IN TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS
Minor eruptions took place at Sakurajima in Kagoshima prefecture and Asosan in Kumamoto prefecture over the weekend... READ MORE›
IPHONE APP AIMS TO SELL SAKE TO THE WORLD
An iPhone app that can recognize sake labels and display information in Japanese and English on everything from alcohol content to recommended ways of drin... READ MORE›
ANCIENT 'CHERRY BLOSSOM GATE' DESTROYED IN JAPAN QUAKE
Mount Aso, an active volcano near the shrine, had a small eruption after the violent earthquake of magnitude 7.3... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S RADIATION DECONTAMINATION BUDGET TO HIT RECORD A?522.3 BILLION
The government also plans to book some ?78.3 billion for decontamination costs in a fiscal 2015 supplementary budget proposal... READ MORE›
JAPAN FINALIZES ALL 10 VENUES FOR G-7 MINISTERIAL MEETINGS IN 2016
Last month the government announced that the G-7 foreign ministers gathering would be held in Hiroshima and the finance ministers meeting in Sendai... READ MORE›
144 LOCAL PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENTS RELEASE STATEMENTS CONDEMNING SECURITY BILLS
Local governments saying no include Iwate Prefecture and some major cities including Asahikawa in Hokkaido and Yamagata... READ MORE›
BROTHERS CHARGED WITH THROWING 300 EGGS AT CARS ON EXPRESSWAY IN KANAGAWA
According to the Kanagawa Prefectural Police, the brothers threw raw eggs at moving cars from a bridge some 10 meters above the Tomei Expressway on Sept... READ MORE›
CONCERNS RAISED OVER SUPPORT SERVICES FOR DISABLED EARTHQUAKE EVACUEES
Aside from the 48 fatalities, 10 people have died in Kumamoto Prefecture from quake-related issues such as illness, stress and fatigue, the Kumamoto Prefectural Government said Wednesday... READ MORE›
DOZENS IN JAPAN KILLED BY QUAKES AS RESCUERS RUSH TO FREE SURVIVORS
Police in Kumamoto prefecture said that at least 32 people had died from Saturday morning's earthquake... READ MORE›