Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force says an artillery shell that may have landed outside a training area in western Japan was ...

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force has said that an artillery shell may have gone off target and landed outside a training ...

NIIMI, Okayama Prefecture--Mio Hashimoto, 15 years old when the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck, was traumatized when she realized nearly how many lives were lost in her neighborhood in the disaster.

A Tokyo-based venture firm plans to build a space debris monitoring facility in the Kiyosato area, known as a summer resort ...

Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, and their neighbors are packed with hidden gems that go beyond castles and shopping streets. Think: quiet ...

Shimane Prefecture — located in the southwest of Japan’s main island near Hiroshima Prefecture — is an off-the-beaten-path ...

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