KAGOSHIMA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a male high school student over the alleged murder of a ...

Sakurajima roared to life once more on February 6, with an explosive eruption at 7:02 a.m., sending a plume of ash 1,000 ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency extended its heavy snowfall warning to around Feb. 9, mainly on the Sea of Japan side, after ...

An 18-year-old high school student was arrested Saturday for allegedly stabbing to death a woman on a southwestern Japan island last year, police said. The suspect is accused of fatally stabbing ...

An 18-year-old high school student was arrested Saturday for allegedly stabbing to death a woman on a southwestern Japan ...

Breeding season has arrived for humpback whales, which means it is also time for them to migrate off the coast of Amami ...

The days of cruises being an elitist activity for the well-to-do are long gone. Here we've scoured the market to find our pick of the crop of the world's best budget cruises.

Scientists believe declining populations may be a key factor and have warned that a long-term analysis is needed to assess ...

Sakurajima volcano erupted, sending an ash cloud 1,100 meters into the sky in Japan. Officials said the explosive eruption ...

The drum was introduced to the Pacific island, a part of Kagoshima Prefecture, some three decades ago by a top djembe musician visiting from Guinea. It has since become a performing art passed ...

The active Sakurajima stratovolcano in Kagoshima, Japan, erupted on Sunday, sending a huge plume of ash into the sky. Dramatic timelapse footage captured the ash cloud shooting from the volcano's ...

Kagoshima, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)--Construction of a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force base on Mageshima, an island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, is likely to be delayed by three ...