At the train station we’re the only passengers who get off. At our accommodation, we’re the first foreigners our host has seen in a long time.

Fifteen years after a tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident, only bears, raccoons and boar are seen on the streets. But the authorities and some locals want people to move back ...

A white, weathered store stands quietly in a deserted area of Namie town in Fukushima Prefecture, an area evacuated after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Inside the dilapidated building, ...

Born and raised in Japan as part of a military family, Christine Pilcavage knows first-hand about the value of an immersive ...

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Japan PM Takaichi's 1st U.S.

KOBE: On Jan 20, 1995, three days after the Great Hanshin Earthquake, a baby girl weighing 2.97 kilogrammes was born at ...

In normal times, the year 2026 should be one of great celebration marking 250 years of the historic American experiment. But ...

An incredibly rare deep-sea fish has been spotted on the California coast.

The earthquake's epicentre was located in Shimane Prefecture. Multiple earthquakes, including one at 6.2 magnitude, struck western Japan late Tuesday morning local time, centered in Shimane Prefecture ...