Japan has more than 400 small, inhabited islands that are uniquely exposed to the risks of natural disasters. In the event of a major earthquake, the islands' inherent isolation and, for some, remote ...

(Kyodo) SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Japan has more than 400 small, inhabited islands that are uniquely exposed to the risks of natural disasters. In the event of a major earthquake, the islands' inherent ...

Japan's Awaji island is famous for its sweet onions. Due to the island's weather, there are perfect conditions for growing ...

His 10 days at Iwo Jima were a “terrible, terrible experience with dead people everywhere,” he told Stars and Stripes in a ...

The signing ceremony for the Exchange of Notes between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Government of Japan, as well as the Amendment Agreements between Sri Lanka and the Japan International ...

It surpassed the 2,700 hectares burnt by a 1975 fire on Hokkaido island. Japan endured its hottest summer on record last year, as climate change pushes up temperatures worldwide. Then in February ...

Located in Nagaizumi, Japan, this tiny park is the size of four pieces of paper—and it just set a Guinness World Record as the smallest in the world.

As a volunteer cave digger, Takamatsu Gushiken has unearthed the remains of several hundred people killed in one of the ...

I was driving down a desolate, narrow road late in the afternoon in the northern part of Amami-Oshima island, making my way ... kayaking through Japan’s second-largest virgin mangrove forests ...

Participating in the international conference held in Tokyo's Minato Ward were 18 Pacific island nations and areas and Japan. In a joint news conference after the meeting, Prime Minister Fumio ...

Ukraine has said it is ready to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire with Russia proposed by the US, after a... Armed militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying more ...

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