WASHINGTON, DC – A trio of US and Japanese scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery on how the immune system is kept in check. The coveted prize ...

After traveling around Japan for nearly a year, I've loved visiting Miyajima, Sapporo, and Hakone over tourist hot spots like Tokyo, Kyoto, or Osaka.

From meditative sound baths in Tokyo to learning Okinawan Goju-ryu karate in its birthplace, these Japanese locations are sure to ignite your five senses.

The Tokyo government is allowing workers to wear shorts for the first time this summer, prompting delicate questions about etiquette and hairy legs. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno Reporting ...

Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall, paper mill and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 13 ...

Emergency workers were racing to find people and extinguish fires after the 6.8 magnitude quake struck the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto. Francesca Regalado River Akira Davis and Leo Sands River ...

July 23 (UPI) --A Japanese company is responding to the country's increasingly hot summer temperatures by unveiling a new "human refrigerator." The Do Hiemon Box, marketed as a "human refrigerator," ...

A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, causing damage to buildings, killing several and injuring dozens in one of the most earthquake-prone ...

• Death toll rises: At least 14 people died after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said “every second counts” as thousands ...

“Quite a few” people are believed to have been killed after an explosion at a mall in the south of the country, according to local media citing police. A residential building on fire after an ...

TOKYO, July 29 (Reuters) - A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's southern Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, killing at least two people after an explosion tore through a shopping mall and another in a ...

TOKYO — An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.1 shook Japan's southern main island of Kyushu and caused part of a shopping center to collapse on Tuesday, leaving dozens of people missing or ...