The Japan Meteorological Agency announced Monday that the rainy season had begun in southern Kyushu. This is two days later ...

The government has begun arranging for the Cabinet to adopt as early as this month the first basic plan based on the Law on ...

For those new to hiking in the mountains in the snow, North Yatsugatake is an ideal place to start. Yatsugatake mountains are generally divided into two sections -North and South Yatsugatake. They ...

Reaching high in the sky at an elevation of 2,899 meters, Mt. Akadake is the tallest and main peak of the Yatsugatake mountain range that straddles Nagano and Yamanashi prefectures.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Monday started the second round of treated water discharges for fiscal 2026 from its disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

The defense ministers of Japan and the Philippines reached a broad agreement on Sunday that Japan will transfer an Abukuma-class destroyer to the Philippines promptly after decomissioning it from the ...

At least 10,000 people are estimated to climb Mt. Fuji during its official off-season each year, while legal restrictions barring access to the mountain’s trails are imposed, according to an analysis ...

Treasures of Maeda daimyo feudal lords are on display at the Tokyo National Museum. “The Maeda: Legacy of a Prosperous Samurai Family” has items collected by the Maeda starting from the 16th century, ...

The popular five-member idol group Arashi held the final concert at Tokyo Dome on Sunday, bringing their activities as a group to a close.

Tough-on-crime outsider Aberaldo de la Espriella took the lead in Colombia’s presidential race in the first round of voting Sunday night, setting up a runoff with Iván Cepeda, an ally of Colombia’s ...

Typhoon Jangmi, also called Typhoon No. 6, was about 210 kilometers East Southeast of Miyako Island as of 8 a.m. on Monday, approaching Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami Islands from Monday to Tuesday ...

A huge crowd of supporters gathered peacefully near the Eiffel Tower on Sunday to celebrate Paris Saint-Germain’s second Champions League title victory, which was marred by violent clashes overnight ...