Hashima Island in the Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, was once a thriving arm of the country's industrial revolution - but ...

TOKYO, March 12 (Reuters) - Many of Japan's biggest companies from tech conglomerates to Toyota (7203.T), opens new tab have met union demands for substantial wage hikes for a third consecutive ...

Japan’s economy expanded in the last quarter of 2024 at a slower pace than reported in preliminary data, a result that may give the Bank of Japan added incentive to hold policy settings steady ...

New to the map in March 2025: Tachigui Sushi Uogashi ... incorporating audacious, humorous ideas into Japan’s highly formalized kaiseki tradition. Expect foie gras in your appetizer and unique ...

Japan’s Wakayama prefecture (pictured), which in 2022 waived a move to host an integrated resort (IR) with casino after the local assembly voted against taking part in the initial application round, ...

Night - Cloudy with a 73% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 7 to 9 mph (11.3 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 33 °F (0.6 °C). Sunny with a high of 55 °F (12.8 °C). Winds ...

The wildfire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, continued burning for an eighth day on ... to Hospital Competition for ‘Non-Terrestrial’ Network Systems Intensifying in Japan; Docomo Aims to Commercialize ...

With a gross domestic product of 35.2878 trillion yen (in 2021), Kanagawa Prefecture has a high economic power, about the same as Finland. In addition, the prefecture not only has a high concentration ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

AOMORI, Japan – More and more foreign visitors have been getting lost, buried in avalanches and facing other trouble while skiing or snowboarding on mountains in Japan’s Aomori prefecture ...

The Ofunato wildfire, in Iwate prefecture, has more than doubled in size in the past three days to become Japan’s largest for 33 years, and as of Sunday covered about 1,800 hectares (4,500 acres).

Officials in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, say areas burned by forest fires in Ofunato City have increased to approximately 1,800 hectares. The officials announced the figure compiled as ...