Of the 125 seats at stake in this House of Councillors election, 32 are being contested in constituencies with only one seat ...

It may be because effective measures cannot be taken in the face of a mountain of challenges. Trust in the established political parties has been shaken. At the same time, the power of emerging ...

Biodiversity continued to decrease in most of the areas we studied, irrespective of population increase or decrease. Only ...

Mt. Shinmoe, an erupting volcano in southwestern Japan, was observed blowing an ash plume 5,000 meters above its crater, th ...

The first instalment of this four-part series looks at some of the early figures who paved the way for marathon runners in ...

Campaigning officially started on July 3 for an Upper House election that could further upend the power structure in Japanese ...

Election campaigning for the pivotal vote officially kicked off Thursday, with all eyes on how the ruling Liberal Democratic ...

Campaigning for Japan’s upper house election started Thursday, with unpopular Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba fighting to ...

A dramatic volcanic eruption occurred at Shinmoedake volcano at 2:01pm local time on July 3, captured from Takahara Town in Miyazaki Prefecture. The footage, a towering ash plume, possibly one of the ...

Official campaigning began in Japan on Thursday for the July 20 House of Councillors election, a crucial test for Prime ...

MHI launched Tatsuta, the 11th Mogami-class frigate on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), in a ceremony ...