The need to survive made hibakusha reluctant to speak. Taeko Kiriya, an associate professor of peace studies at Tama ...

Record-breaking rain has saturated and loosened the ground in Japan's Kyushu region and other areas, mainly in the western ...

The art of bingata has been a quiet symbol of resilience on the Japanese island of Okinawa. Now, it's being revived by the ...

To combat overtourism, Iriomotejima island, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site in Taketomi, Okinawa Prefecture, has ...

Eighty years after the Battle of Okinawa, thousands of victims remain unaccounted for. One man continues to search for the ...

NAHA—The exterior of Shuri-jo Castle's main hall stands reborn once more with reconstruction complete and reporters visiting ...

A Chinese marine survey ship was spotted dangling what appeared to be wire into waters off the island of Kumejima in ...

Introducing a new collection of stories spotlighting deeply rooted—yet sometimes less exposed—crafts hubs around the world ...

Plastic waste leakage to the environment in Southeast Asian countries plus China, Japan and South Korea could increase by ...

Japan's summer holiday travel rush got underway Saturday, with many shinkansen bullet train services and flights fully booked ...

The low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines announced on Tuesday (Aug 12) that it will launch flights to three new ...

Japanese scientists using an improved method of analysis recently identified a third set of remains as likely those of an ...