Japan's government said Friday it will release up to 210,000 tons of rice from its stockpile in an effort to stabilize the ...

A strong cold air mass intensified relentless snowfall on Friday in parts of Japan, including prefectures of Fukushima, Hokkaido and Niigata, grappling people with blizzards and resulting in road ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, announced on Friday that it has begun dismantling tanks previously used to store ...

The operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan said it had started to scrap the water tanks at the site of one of ...

A powerful cold wave has brought continuous snowfall to many areas across Japan, causing casualties and wide-spread disruption to people's lives. According to the Japanese government, the ongoing ...

A technical committee has concluded that there are no major problems with the safety measures in place at Tokyo Electric ...

The government will release up to 210,000 tons of its stockpiled rice, farm minister Taku Eto said Friday, in a bid to ensure ...

The body of a 98-year-old man was found covered in snow on the ground beneath the eaves of a shed on his property in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, on Thursday. Police said Nobuchika Higuchi, who ...

In central Tokyo, the maximum instantaneous wind speed of 24.1 meters was recorded at Haneda in Ota Ward. As a result, the ...

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) signed a contract with Japanese expert Yutaka Ikeuchi and extended its contract with technical director Takeshi Koshida on Wednesday as it pursues the development ...

Japan Society will present a staged reading of the far side of the moon by Japanese playwright Izumi Kasagi, led by New ...

Japan plans to decide by 2030 where to finally dispose of radioactive Fukushima soil removed during the decontamination ...