At the back of the shrine’s sacred grounds is the grave of Itagaki Taisuke (1837–1919), a patriot from the Tosa clan in what is now Kōchi Prefecture who led the Freedom and People’s Rights ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which we are living. These ...

Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation ...

A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the warnings to ...

Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes because of its location along the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines ...

The "Orange Route," a U.S. military training flight path stretching over the mountainous regions of Wakayama, Tokushima, ...

Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

they also speak to the beauty of Japan’s diversity. Every prefecture is overflowing with distinct charm, from the neon glow of downtown Tokyo to the sand dunes of Tottori, and there will always be ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan late on Monday ... kilometres around 18 kilometres off the coast of Miyazaki prefecture in the Kyushi region around 21:19 pm (1219 GMT ...

Japan’s core consumer inflation accelerated to 3.0% in December, the fastest annual pace in 16 months, data showed earlier on Friday, in a sign rising fuel and food prices continue to push up ...