Megaquakes surpassing the strongest ones in Japan’s recorded history could be forthcoming, a string of findings released by Japan’s Cabinet Office on April 21...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on April 16 that the government was extending the state of emergency, necessitated by the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic...
A car horn sounded from the road. Keiko-san, who, as far as I could tell had been at the rear of the farmhouse preparing dinner,...
It was a special occasion on February 27: Pokémon Day. On this day all the way back in 1996, the games Pokémon Red and Green...
How long does Russia intend to cling to the state-perpetrated crime of “illegally occupying the Northern Territories” off Japan’s northernmost major island of Hokkaido? This...
Hi! I am Yoshiaki Wada, 48, a member of the House of Representatives of Japan, elected from Hokkaido. Moreover, I am a big fan of...
The surprise decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to relocate the marathon and race walking events of the 2020 Olympic Games from host city Tokyo...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is poised to move the 2020 Summer Olympic marathon and race walking events from Tokyo to Sapporo on Japan’s northern...
The fossilized skeleton known as the Mukawa Dragon was declared to be a new species of dinosaur on September 6 and officially given the scientific...
In the early hours of Sunday, October 13, Typhoon Hagibis moved from the Tokyo metropolitan area up north-east region, heavily affecting the areas of Nagano,...
Suddenly no one was interested in their own selfie, they just wanted to watch B-Boy Taisuke flipping and freezing in the middle of the street. As...
With five of its cities dominating the list of top destinations in the Asia-Pacific, Japan has emerged as the most visited market in the region...