A Kawasaki P-1 patrol aircraft has arrived at Japan’s military base in Djibouti for the first time, beginning anti-smuggling patrols off Somalia’s coast. (JMSDF) Tokyo has sent the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force…
Rescuers in Japan clawed through the shattered remains of a shopping centre in a desperate search for survivors, as the…
A desperate rescue effort was under way in southern Japan after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Kumamoto, killing at least…
A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture today, cutting electricity to tens of thousands of homes, tearing open…
Monday June 15, 2026 Ueda Ayase (2nd L) of Japan vies with Virgil van Dijk (2nd R) of the Netherlands…
After nearly two weeks of relentless firefighting, the massive wildfires that tore through forests in northern Japan have been brought…
Japan warned of a heightened threat of a magnitude 8.0 earthquake or stronger after a powerful offshore jolt struck the…
Osaka steel cylinder shoots from sewer site, snarls traffic as city probes cause Authorities in Osaka are investigating how a…
Japan will switch the world’s largest nuclear power plant back on next week, after an alarm-setting glitch forced a halt…
Japan’s Niigata prefectural assembly on Tuesday approved a plan to allow the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station—the world’s largest—to resume operations,…
A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan late Monday, prompting evacuation orders for about 90,000 residents and tsunami warnings that…
