Japan news

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 struck off the east coast of Taiwan on Wednesday, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 900 in the island's strongest temblor in 25 years, while small tsunami…

An earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 hit areas near Tokyo on Thursday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties, the weather agency and local authorities…

Japan lost its status as the world's third-largest economy to Germany last year and it unexpectedly slipped into recession in the final quarter of 2023 due to weak domestic demand, government data showed Thursday.…

Many bullet train services between Tokyo and stations in eastern and central Japan that were suspended due to a power outage Tuesday will remain halted throughout the day, their operator said, citing damaged…

Measures to prevent aircraft from making runway incursions may not have been suitably shared with the Japan Coast Guard, whose plane was involved in a deadly collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport, information revealed…

The death toll from a New Year's Day earthquake in central Japan rose to 168 on Monday, with more than 300 unaccounted for, authorities said, as snow and rain hamper rescue operations and efforts to relocate…

A fire broke out Monday at a house within the premises of the late former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's residence in Tokyo, authorities said. Four people who were in the compound at the time of the incident,…

English words can be heard amid the general hubbub in Japanese at the counter as a small group of overseas tourists mingle with locals over drinks and food at a homey bar in a big-city neighborhood. The group of…

The Japan Coast Guard plane that collided with a Japan Airline jetliner at Tokyo's Haneda airport did not have permission to enter the runway, according to flight control communications released on Wednesday by…

Search and rescue operations continued in central Japan after it was struck by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, with the death toll rising above 80 and some 80 more unaccounted for in Ishikawa Prefecture as…