Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more ...

An elementary school here with a growing population of foreign students -- now accounting for over 40% of its roll -- has ...

Diners in Japan looking to savor the flavors of the historic Silk Road need look only as far as southern Saitama. Just a short car ride west from Kita Urawa Station, on National Highway 17 ...

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at 2:49 a.m. on Thursday. Officials say there is no threat of tsunami. An intensity of lower 5 on Japan's seismic ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 34 °F (1.1 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 57 °F (13.9 °C). Winds variable at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph ...

KUKI, Saitama — A man was arrested Monday after he allegedly hijacked an ambulance that he had called to his own home. According to police in Kuki, Saitama Prefecture ... School Meal Program with ...

Kawagoe and Fujimi in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, emerge from autumn to winter, when the water level drops. These remnants of weapons scattered over an area the size of a tennis court were ...

An earthquake measuring an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 occurred in Miyazaki Prefecture at around 9:19 p.m. on Monday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Miyazaki ...

Japan issued a tsunami warning on Monday after ... tsunami warnings have been issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, the southwestern island of Kyushu and nearby Kochi Prefecture. Residents have been ...

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 hit southwestern Japan on Monday ... Tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki prefecture, where the quake was centered, in the ...

TOKYO — Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday ... Tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki prefecture, where the quake was centered, in the southwestern island of Kyushu, as well as ...