The Self-Defense Forces have made efforts to strengthen cooperation with local governments in preparation for a major ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will continue to suspend services of the Yamagata Shinkansen bullet train between Fukushima ...

To increase women’s role in providing support in areas hit by disaster, a workshop for them to learn how to operate a ...

Cabinet members and related parties spoke about the necessity of promoting bookstores on Friday in response to a joint ...

An African forest elephant at Asa Zoological Park in Hiroshima is the first of these endangered creatures to become pregnant ...

Shinkansen bullet train services in Japan have been suspended or delayed due to heavy snow on Saturday morning.

OSAKA — Osaka Metro Co. will remove all the instrument shelters, which are installed at its station platforms to measure ...

Record-breaking heavy snowfall continued on Saturday morning, primarily along the Sea of Japan coast, due to the strongest ...

The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea have begun making arrangements to meet in Munich, Germany, ...

The government plans to outline the release of stockpiled rice reserved for emergency use, including quantities and prices, ...

The Financial Service Agency (FSA) ordered Apple and Google to remove the apps of five illegal overseas crypto asset ...

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