Some locals and ecologists are troubled by the potential impacts a looming seawall could have on the biodiverse Japanese ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the increasingly popular opposition party in Japan, apologized Saturday for having referred to the ...

Kagoshima finally dethroning the nation's top tea-growing prefecture sent shock waves through local producers. Until now, Shizuoka Prefecture had placed first since record-keeping began in 1959 ...

Multinational beverage giant Suntory Holdings is backing regenerative agriculture practices in its supply chain – including ...

And what it reveals of current China-Japan relations.

During that time, the Japanese government decided to relocate the FCLP site to Mageshima, an uninhabited island near Tanegashima island in Kagoshima Prefecture, at the request of the United States.

Ongoing construction delays at a Japanese air base meant to host U.S. Navy carrier landing practice have stalled parts of the ...

U.S. Navy pilots are preparing for the USS George Washington’s inaugural patrol from its new homeport in Japan, conducting ...

In parts of Kagoshima Prefecture in the country's southwest, there is a separate weather-related threat: Heavy rain from a seasonal rain front has raised the risk of landslides.

The tariff policies of the second Trump administration have shocked even allies, but security cooperation among willing nations supporting the Philippines has so far endured. For the first time, a ...

Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupted on May 15, 2025, sending a massive ash plume soaring 3,000 metres above the crater, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The agency reported a series ...