Japan is taking the rare steps of turning to imports and releasing part of its emergency stockpile of the grain as the ...

A new study concludes excess deaths increased in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic but does not report any explosion in ...

Once protected by its nuclear umbrella, America’s closest allies are now threatened by it and contemplating their own nuclear ...

The Japanese government estimates that there is a 70-80 percent chance of a megaquake occurring within 30 years.

Japan could face an unprecedented disaster, with predictions warning of up to 300,000 deaths and massive material damage across the archipelago.

The ancient Japanese ... of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan. “Kyoto City has learned from the 2011 earthquake, which caused more than 5 million people in the Tokyo ...

A record low of approximately 726,000 babies will be born in 2023, contributing to Japan’s declining birthrate, according to an estimate by The Asahi Shimbun. The newspaper found that the ...

Michiyo has extensively covered the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake ... and occasionally read the business news from Tokyo for “ABC World News Now”. She spent 10 years ...

A RECENT farmers’ protest in central Tokyo created an unusual ... security and how to raise Japan’s low food self-sufficiency rate, which stood at just 38% in 2023, far below Germany’s ...

In 2023, the SAC dissolved 40 political parties ... The devastation of the earthquake raised doubts about the junta’s election plan, which has already been repeatedly delayed since the military ...

The Japanese government has issued an urgent warning over the catastrophic damage which could be caused by an impending megaquake. Experts believe there is an 80 per cent chance of a magnitude nine ...

An aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Aug 24, 2023. [Photo/Agencies ... Dialogue held in Tokyo last month, the Japanese ...